U23 World League

Kalahari Desert
Spectators: 7688 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bernard Degabriele kicked off to start the match. Higinio Tximitx kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Meerkats FC's Clint Schembri was substituted for Jean Carl Rizzo. Higinio Tximitx hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. In the 9th minute, Vincent Callus left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Meerkats FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Julian Debono sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 18th minute, Meerkats FC's Dejan Testaferrata Olivier seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Dejan Testaferrata Olivier the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Meerkats FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Dejan Testaferrata Olivier had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. A collision led to Meerkats FC getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Dejan Testaferrata Olivier hit a great ball. Daniel Sanchez's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fredric Hansson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. After a rather tough play, MDQ Raptors FC's Daniel Sanchez got a free kick in the 20th minute. 32 minutes into the match, Meerkats FC's goal looked a bit too open when Fabio Canor came free, but Fredric Hansson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fredric Hansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Sanchez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vincent Callus fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruperto Bastia having to interfere. With his leg Ruperto Bastia managed to avoid a goal in the 39thth minute, when Meerkats FC's Vincent Callus fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to MDQ Raptors FC getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Celso Berdaitz hit a great ball. Ruperto Bastia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilbert Incorvaia, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Vincent Callus didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 2-0 via right post in the game's 46th minute. Meerkats FC's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Ruperto Bastia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vincent Callus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 52 minutes into the match, Vincent Callus had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ruperto Bastia. MDQ Raptors FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vincent Callus was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. After 54 played minutes MDQ Raptors FC got a freekick which was hit by 杨云鹏. Julian Debono sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fredric Hansson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 杨云鹏, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Ruperto Bastia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gilbert Incorvaia went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Ruperto Bastia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vincent Callus in the 65th minute of the match. Vincent Callus fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruperto Bastia having to interfere. MDQ Raptors FC's Ruperto Bastia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vincent Callus in the 71st minute of play. After 73 played minutes Meerkats FC got a freekick which was hit by Clint Schembri. Fredric Hansson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Sanchez, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 81st minute Vincent Callus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruperto Bastia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to MDQ Raptors FC getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Higinio Tximitx hit a great ball. Ruperto Bastia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Debono, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. 85 minutes into the match, Julian Debono notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of MDQ Raptors FC's Ruperto Bastia. Ruperto Bastia was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 88 minutes into the match, 杨云鹏 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fredric Hansson. Meerkats FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 杨云鹏 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. After 91 played minutes Meerkats FC got a freekick which was hit by Vincent Callus. If Vincent Callus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Vincent Callus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Meerkats FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.