U18 World League

Hippo Pool
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Fulgencio Romano started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Savage Hippo's Alvydas Gabriūnas got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 7th minute, Dangiras Rutkus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 9 minutes into the match, Savage Hippo's goal looked a bit too open when Fulgencio Romano came free, but Mantas Puikys reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nerijus Narkūnas charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nerijus Narkūnas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 9th match minute, Savage Hippo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nerijus Narkūnas to maneuver through the defense. In the 12th minute, Romeo Amor ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mantas Puikys was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 20th minute there was a penalty for Fcion C.A.. Amancio Duarte stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Mantas Puikys. 0-2. Romeo Amor charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Romeo Amor the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Savage Hippo booed when Fcion C.A. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Romeo Amor didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Fulgencio Romano put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Mantas Puikys. If Nerijus Narkūnas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st 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 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mantvydas Silevičius to make the kick off. After having played for 53 minutes, Leonides Rubio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fcion C.A.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Leonides Rubio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lino Sanson scored 0-5 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mantas Puikys, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 63rd match minute, Fcion C.A. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Angel Killer to maneuver through the defense. 64 minutes into the match, Savage Hippo's Mantvydas Silevičius broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. A collision led to Savage Hippo getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Nerijus Narkūnas hit a great ball. In the 73rd minute, Fulgencio Romano 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. Valdas Tindžiulis hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Mantas Puikys made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fulgencio Romano in the 80th minute of play. Igor Reynardo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mantvydas Silevičius went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. Fcion C.A.'s Igor Reynardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mantvydas Silevičius in the 86th minute of play. Mantas Puikys made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fulgencio Romano in the 88th minute. The supporters of Fcion C.A. booed when Savage Hippo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nerijus Narkūnas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 95 played minutes Savage Hippo got a freekick which was hit by Einaras Bagdžiūnas. Mantas Puikys made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonides Rubio in the 96th minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Fcion C.A. eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.