U18 World League

PALE BLUE EYES
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jed Strickland started the match with the kick off. After having played for 3 minutes, Victor Hugo Marchena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SHOOT SPEED KILL LIGHT's supporters crossed their fingers, but Victor Hugo Marchena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jacindo Novoa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jasper Small, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 8 minutes into the match, Jasper Small had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jacindo Novoa. SHOOT SPEED KILL LIGHT's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jasper Small was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Albano Orihuela could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Serge Koryan made a huge save. Jacindo Novoa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jed Strickland in the 12th minute of the match. Khachatryan's Serge Koryan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manuel Neculñir in the 16th minute of play. Jacindo Novoa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jasper Small in the 17th minute of the match. 24 minutes into the game, Khachatryan's Jasper Small nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jacindo Novoa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Jacindo Novoa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jasper Small, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. SHOOT SPEED KILL LIGHT's Jacindo Novoa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jefferson Trujillo in the 35th minute of play. Jefferson Trujillo charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jefferson Trujillo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jefferson Trujillo hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jasper Small in the 44th minute of play forced SHOOT SPEED KILL LIGHT's goalkeeper Jacindo Novoa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute, Manuel Neculñir 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.

The wind increased when Albano Orihuela made the kick off in the second half. Jefferson Trujillo hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. 57 minutes into the match, SHOOT SPEED KILL LIGHT's goal looked a bit too open when Jed Strickland came free, but Jacindo Novoa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Albano Orihuela received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Serge Koryan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lorenzo Arestizabal charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lorenzo Arestizabal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Lorenzo Arestizabal kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Mauricio Partarrieu's late challenge caught a Khachatryan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mauricio Partarrieu helped the player get up and apologised. Mauricio Partarrieu hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Jed Strickland managed to get in a good position for a shot. Khachatryan's supporters rose to their feet, but Jed Strickland was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jacindo Novoa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jacindo Novoa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Otis Coppack showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-4 in the 66 minute of play. After 73 minutes of play, SHOOT SPEED KILL LIGHT's Manuel Neculñir made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Serge Koryan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jasper Small kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Mauricio Partarrieu kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. In the 94th minute, one of SHOOT SPEED KILL LIGHT:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for SHOOT SPEED KILL LIGHT. The Khachatryan supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Khachatryan would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.