U18 World League

La Casona
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Xzavier Balbanea started the match with the kick off. In the 7th minute, Danilo Mandić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Фк РАДНИК Колонија fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Jairo Collador made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Milutin Danojević in the 10th minute of play. Danilo Mandić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Jairo Collador tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 16 minutes in the game, Xzavier Balbanea fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Žika Tesla having to interfere. After 19 played minutes Фк РАДНИК Колонија got a freekick which was hit by Marko Mihajlović. Grueso Cabeza made a nice solo performance in the 21st minute, and after some fine dribblings he sent off a powerful shot that went into the goal just inside the left post, 1-1. A collision led to Liga de Quito getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Checa Cerezo hit a great ball. Jairo Collador showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danilo Mandić, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Boris Vučković took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 38th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jairo Collador. Liga de Quito's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Фк РАДНИК Колонија's goalkeeper Žika Tesla, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 42nd minute, Milutin Danojević left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Фк РАДНИК Колонија fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. After a rather tough play, Фк РАДНИК Колонија's Janča Milojković got a free kick in the 46th minute. After the first half Фк РАДНИК Колонија were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Danilo Mandić made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Liga de Quito's Urbano Pacio got a free kick in the 51st minute. Žika Tesla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xzavier Balbanea in the 56th minute of play. When the match clock showed 60 minutes, the score became 2-3 when Xzavier Balbanea sped through Фк РАДНИК Колонија's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Žika Tesla. After 66 played minutes Фк РАДНИК Колонија got a freekick which was hit by Janča Milojković. Фк РАДНИК Колонија's Žika Tesla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xzavier Balbanea in the 68th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Фк РАДНИК Колонија's goal looked a bit too open when Xzavier Balbanea came free, but Žika Tesla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Žika Tesla didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Checa Cerezo went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. In the 77th minute, Фк РАДНИК Колонија's Danilo Mandić dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-4. 84 minutes into the match, Janča Milojković had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jairo Collador. Liga de Quito's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Janča Milojković was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-5. In the 88thth minute of the game Xzavier Balbanea who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Фк РАДНИК Колонија's Žika Tesla was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mateo Cancel hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Checa Cerezo got his second yellow card in the match during the 91st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 92nd minute, Checa Cerezo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mateo Cancel kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match.