U18 World League

El Coloso de Mardel
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Romano Milan got the match started through his kick off. Emiliano Guillelmus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zelipe Claro in the 3rd minute of the match. After 4 minutes, Bonifacio Vachon mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Knight Of Dawn and the Zorros del Desierto players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 4 played minutes Knight Of Dawn got a freekick which was hit by Bonifacio Vachon. Romano Milan scored 0-1 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emiliano Guillelmus, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 18th minute, Simón Chavez made a precise shot to the right of Emiliano Guillelmus. Knight Of Dawn's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toma Hawk in the 21st minute of play forced Knight Of Dawn's goalkeeper Emiliano Guillelmus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the game, Zorros del Desierto's Romano Milan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emiliano Guillelmus made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. A collision led to Knight Of Dawn getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Hermengildo Pepillo hit a great ball. In the 33rd minute of the match Romano Milan sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Emiliano Guillelmus skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romano Milan in the 39th minute of play forced Knight Of Dawn's goalkeeper Emiliano Guillelmus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Knight Of Dawn's Ildefonso Sandaili got a free kick in the 45th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nunez Tonio made a kick off. Zorros del Desierto's Laurín Delano got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 66th match minute, Knight Of Dawn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fausto Gonchan to maneuver through the defense. Emiliano Guillelmus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romano Milan in the 68th minute of play. Romano Milan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Emiliano Guillelmus made a huge save. Emiliano Guillelmus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romano Milan in the 84th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simón Chavez in the 85th minute of play forced Knight Of Dawn's goalkeeper Emiliano Guillelmus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute Fausto Gonchan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jasone Ovando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, Knight Of Dawn's goal looked a bit too open when Romano Milan came free, but Emiliano Guillelmus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emiliano Guillelmus didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zelipe Claro went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Zorros del Desierto's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.