U18 World League

Slaughtergate
Spectators: 8403 (Terracing: 6303, Seating: 1932, VIP seats: 168) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pete Partridge took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, La mano de D10S's Iván Rua got a free kick in the 4th minute. Egg Chasers FC's Don Major shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 5th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Nicanor Casals but with some difficulty. Jacques Buendia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edward Preston having to interfere. After a rather tough play, La mano de D10S's James Caballero got a free kick in the 16th minute. The supporters of La mano de D10S booed when Egg Chasers FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bradley Blueman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edward Preston showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from James Caballero in the 22nd minute of the match. Nicanor Casals showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pete Partridge, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. If Pete Partridge had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to La mano de D10S getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Adolfo Ocaña hit a great ball. In the 31st minute, Bradley Blueman got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 33rd minute Don Major shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicanor Casals saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pete Partridge scored 1-0 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nicanor Casals, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Pete Partridge fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicanor Casals having to interfere. 41 minutes into the match, Egg Chasers FC's Dylon Sands sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nicanor Casals narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bradley Blueman got free with Nicanor Casals in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 44 played minutes La mano de D10S got a freekick which was hit by Iván Rua. In the 45th match minute, Egg Chasers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Billie Curtis to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Josep Cabrera stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Bradley Blueman came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Egg Chasers FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Bradley Blueman couldn't finish the play. In the 56th minute, Bradley Blueman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicanor Casals was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Nicanor Casals showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pete Partridge, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. After 62 played minutes La mano de D10S got a freekick which was hit by Venceslás Vagrande. Dylon Sands's late challenge caught a La mano de D10S's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dylon Sands helped the player get up and apologised. Nicanor Casals made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bradley Blueman in the 66th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, La mano de D10S's goal looked a bit too open when Bradley Blueman came free, but Nicanor Casals reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute, Bradley Blueman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicanor Casals was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacques Buendia in the 73rd minute of play forced Egg Chasers FC's goalkeeper Edward Preston to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Egg Chasers FC's zone, Josep Cabrera stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Edward Preston came out of the goal and Josep Cabrera tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Egg Chasers FC booed when La mano de D10S was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Francisco Casanova didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 80th minute of the match Don Major shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nicanor Casals showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Josep Cabrera succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-1 in the 81st playminute. After 86 minutes of play, Egg Chasers FC's Pete Partridge made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nicanor Casals was left in no man's land by his defense there! La mano de D10S's Nicanor Casals played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Billie Curtis in the 90th minute of play. Nicanor Casals didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Egg Chasers FC's Pete Partridge shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 5-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Egg Chasers FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.