U18 World League

Torque Arena
Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) With an all-out effort, Montevideo City Torque's Boguslaw Absolwent threw himself towards the right post 3 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jerold Avila, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 4th minute of the match Montevideo City Torque got a corner. KS Piotrowiczanka's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Porfirio Garza ran over to the corner to take the kick. A collision led to KS Piotrowiczanka getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Gilbert Rojewski hit a great ball. Jerold Avila might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Boguslaw Absolwent. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jerold Avila ran back to his position shaking his head. Santos Balbanea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bartosz Huk in the 11th minute of play. Jerold Avila sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Montevideo City Torque's Jerico Villafana got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Valerio Arzuriaga hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. 17 minutes into the match, KS Piotrowiczanka's Gwidon Dres broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Montevideo City Torque's Jerico Villafana slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Boguslaw Absolwent. That made the score 1-0 after 19 minutes of play. In the 23rd minute Jerico Villafana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Boguslaw Absolwent saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bartosz Huk took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Santos Balbanea. Santos Balbanea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Boguslaw Absolwent showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerico Villafana in the 30th minute of the match. With 31 minutes on the clock, Valerio Arzuriaga commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee gave KS Piotrowiczanka a penalty, 33 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Gwidon Dres, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Montevideo City Torque's Santos Balbanea. 1-2. Boguslaw Absolwent made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Porfirio Garza sent off a good shot on target. Jerold Avila fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boguslaw Absolwent having to interfere. Gwidon Dres kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. In the 44th match minute, KS Piotrowiczanka was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Piotr Przewozik to maneuver through the defense. When Porfirio Garza came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Montevideo City Torque fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Porfirio Garza couldn't finish the play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jerold Avila made a kick off. Boguslaw Absolwent didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Montevideo City Torque's Jerold Avila shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Santos Balbanea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonard Koczara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rd minute, Vellito Cabañeros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th minute Juliusz Cwenar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Balbanea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Montevideo City Torque's Santos Balbanea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Montevideo City Torque from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juliusz Cwenar in the 71st minute of play forced Montevideo City Torque's goalkeeper Santos Balbanea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute of the match Piotr Przewozik shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Santos Balbanea showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jerico Villafana hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Santos Balbanea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juliusz Cwenar, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Juliusz Cwenar kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Boguslaw Absolwent showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jerold Avila, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Montevideo City Torque's Jerico Villafana got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Bartosz Huk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Montevideo City Torque getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Martinez Garantos hit a great ball. The audience cheered loudly when Gwidon Dres's long shot in the 93rd minute became 2-4 when the ball went to the left of and passed Santos Balbanea. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jerico Villafana during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 96 played minutes Montevideo City Torque got a freekick which was hit by Jerico Villafana. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Bartosz Huk managed to get in a good position for a shot. KS Piotrowiczanka's supporters rose to their feet, but Bartosz Huk was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Santos Balbanea breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Montevideo City Torque manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing KS Piotrowiczanka to win.