U18 World League

Camp Nou
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Francisco Abascal took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd match minute, FC Barcelona Lassa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Nazarov to maneuver through the defense. Francisco Abascal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 5th minute Sebastian Dayam shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eduard Lutsevich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roman Esipov hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Francisco Abascal in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eduard Lutsevich saved FC Barcelona Lassa from getting behind. Danil Filankov might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gigi Buffon. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Danil Filankov ran back to his position shaking his head. Eduard Lutsevich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Abascal in the 19th minute of play. In the 26th minute, Artur Nazarov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 26th minute Francisco Abascal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eduard Lutsevich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eduard Lutsevich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisco Abascal in the 28th minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Roman Bushinskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 35th minute of the match Romeo Lizer shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eduard Lutsevich showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Roman Bushinskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Francisco Abascal 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. If Leonid Lagunov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Leonid Lagunov to make the kick off. Gigi Buffon stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leonid Lagunov's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Artur Nazarov hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. After 60 played minutes, STARK F.C.'s Feliciano Cheche shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Eduard Lutsevich came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in STARK F.C. reached it. Francisco Abascal succeeded in the game's 65th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. After 68 minutes, Aleksey Ignatov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Barcelona Lassa and the STARK F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. Aleksey Ignatov kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. FC Barcelona Lassa's Stepan Lakshin was substituted for Artur Nazarov. In the 70th match minute, FC Barcelona Lassa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aleksey Ignatov to maneuver through the defense. Gigi Buffon came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by FC Barcelona Lassa's Viktor Samoilov. But to his dismay, Viktor Samoilov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. After having played for 76 minutes, Aleksey Ignatov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Barcelona Lassa's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aleksey Ignatov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gigi Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viktor Samoilov, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 80th minute, Leonid Lagunov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gigi Buffon was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. In the 84thth minute of the game Francisco Abascal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Barcelona Lassa's Eduard Lutsevich was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.