U18 World League

City Palace Stadium
Spectators: 7486 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Moneyball's Václav Abrahám started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Cardiff City FC's Roman Oliveiro got a free kick in the 5th minute. After a rather tough play, Cardiff City FC's Godofredo Dacio got a free kick in the 7th minute. Josef Sadil took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Vladimiro Leobardo. Cardiff City FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Eusebio Navarro hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Vladimiro Leobardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karel Lev, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 30th minute, one of Cardiff City FC: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 Cardiff City FC. Cardiff City FC:s Vladimiro Leobardo showed great skill when he stopped Václav Abrahám:s penalty. A collision led to Cardiff City FC getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Godofredo Dacio hit a great ball. Vladimiro Leobardo didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Moneyball's Václav Abrahám shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. After 41 played minutes Moneyball got a freekick which was hit by Vladimír Šebestík. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Honorio Sotero made a kick off. A collision led to Cardiff City FC getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Honorio Sotero hit a great ball. Vladimiro Leobardo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Václav Abrahám in the 54th minute. After a rather tough play, Cardiff City FC's Isaac Abajas got a free kick in the 58th minute. Václav Abrahám scored 0-3 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vladimiro Leobardo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cardiff City FC's Vladimiro Leobardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karel Lev in the 65th minute of play. Moneyball were awarded a corner in the 66th minute after Cardiff City FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Václav Abrahám took the corner. Václav Abrahám made a great header on Moneyball's corner, it was just that Cardiff City FC's Vladimiro Leobardo managed to reach the ball for a save. The supporters of Moneyball booed when Cardiff City FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Godofredo Dacio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Václav Abrahám's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 72ndth minute, Vladimiro Leobardo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With his leg Vladimiro Leobardo managed to avoid a goal in the 74thth minute, when Moneyball's Václav Abrahám fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Karel Lev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Vladimiro Leobardo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Karel Lev in the 85th minute. When Moneyball's Karel Lev in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cardiff City FC's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Václav Abrahám got free with Vladimiro Leobardo in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 97 minutes into the match, Cardiff City FC's goalkeeper Vladimiro Leobardo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Václav Abrahám.