U18 World League

Atanasio Girardot
Spectators: 8419 (Terracing: 6315, Seating: 1936, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Radamel-Falcao García kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's Xelo Fernandes dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After some careless play in the Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ defense, Napoleon Bonjour kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Florencio Iturrate. The Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Florencio Iturrate should have stopped the shot. Florencio Iturrate showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Wik in the 10th minute of the match. Radamel-Falcao García's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 21stth minute, Mats Elg skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With a little luck, FC Kurdistan's Mats Elg got control of the ball when Radamel-Falcao García tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mats Elg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radamel-Falcao García, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Florencio Iturrate showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jari Litmanen, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. 28 minutes into the match, Alfons Öberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Florencio Iturrate. Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alfons Öberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. In the 30th match minute, Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radamel-Falcao García to maneuver through the defense. Florencio Iturrate showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Napoleon Bonjour in the 31st minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's Xelo Fernandes ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mats Elg. Mats Elg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. 35 minutes into the game, Christian Wik was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Kurdistan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ the free kick. In the 35th minute, Christian Wik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erramun Cepa took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 35th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mats Elg. FC Kurdistan's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 40th minute Christian Wik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florencio Iturrate saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Napoleon Bonjour during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to FC Kurdistan getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Napoleon Bonjour hit a great ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Napoleon Bonjour to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Vimaro Serans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute, Jari Litmanen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, FC Kurdistan's Jari Litmanen got a free kick in the 58th minute. In the 70th minute, Xelo Fernandes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-3. In the 74th minute, Radamel-Falcao García ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mats Elg was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-3. In the 78th minute Radamel-Falcao García shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mats Elg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mats Elg came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's Radamel-Falcao García. But to his dismay, Radamel-Falcao García quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-3. After 85 played minutes Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ got a freekick which was hit by Enmanuel Plaza. After having played for 96 minutes, Enmanuel Plaza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Enmanuel Plaza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.