U18 World League

Szentdemeter
Spectators: 7682 (Terracing: 5762, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gilbert Manduca kicked off to start the match. Attard Gunners's Wayne Camenzuli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viorel Ipate in the 7th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Attard Gunners's Robert Gera got a free kick in the 8th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Clyde Schembri Zerafa notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ★RO★ NEW VISION ®'s Panait Hoduț. Panait Hoduț was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 15th minute Gilbert Manduca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panait Hoduț saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Panait Hoduț showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilbert Manduca, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Panait Hoduț came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Attard Gunners's Robert Gera. But to his dismay, Robert Gera quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 28th minute, Robert Gera ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Panait Hoduț was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Clyde Schembri Zerafa took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Panait Hoduț. Panait Hoduț dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. 39 minutes into the match, Gilbert Manduca notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of ★RO★ NEW VISION ®'s Panait Hoduț. Panait Hoduț was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to ★RO★ NEW VISION ® getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Petre Reznic hit a great ball. Gilbert Manduca succeeded in the game's 47th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-6. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

★RO★ NEW VISION ®'s Panait Hoduț played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilbert Manduca in the 53rd minute of play. Panait Hoduț showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilbert Manduca in the 54th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ★RO★ NEW VISION ®'s Petruț Ţintă got a free kick in the 55th minute. In the 56th minute, Attard Gunners's Gilbert Manduca dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-7. 60 minutes into the match, Clyde Schembri Zerafa notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of ★RO★ NEW VISION ®'s Panait Hoduț. Panait Hoduț was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Panait Hoduț was out of position in the 64 minute of play, and Gilbert Manduca capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gilbert Manduca really showed his touch with that goal: 0-9. The crowd rose to their feet as Attard Gunners's Gilbert Manduca slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Panait Hoduț. That made the score 0-11 after 76 minutes of play. Panait Hoduț made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilbert Manduca in the 82nd minute of play. ★RO★ NEW VISION ®'s Panait Hoduț played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franco Curmi in the 84th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Attard Gunners's Gilbert Manduca slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Panait Hoduț. That made the score 0-12 after 85 minutes of play. Panait Hoduț took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gilbert Manduca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Panait Hoduț made an important save on a dangerous shot by Clyde Schembri Zerafa in the 93rd minute. After 94 minutes of play, Attard Gunners's Clyde Schembri Zerafa made it 0-13 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Panait Hoduț was left in no man's land by his defense there! Attard Gunners played a much better game than ★RO★ NEW VISION ® and deserved their victory. The ★RO★ NEW VISION ® players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.