U21 World League

Estadio Sergio Llull
Spectators: 7640 (Terracing: 5731, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cai Espinosa kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Silvio Boniel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Modesto Roland didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cai Espinosa went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Lancelot Astudillo kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Cai Espinosa 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. Álvaro Valles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Lawrence in the 18th minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Jose-Manuel Litago got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Modesto Roland quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Real Llull de Reus getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Cai Espinosa hit a great ball. Nestor Rico hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cai Espinosa got free with Modesto Roland in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Real Llull de Reus's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jose-Manuel Litago in the 32nd minute. The corner ended in Jose-Manuel Litago almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Dado de baja's Modesto Roland did a great save. Modesto Roland made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Cai Espinosa sent off a good shot on target. Real Llull de Reus's Cai Espinosa got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Álvaro Valles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristo Mark, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristo Mark made a kick off. In the 51st minute Lancelot Astudillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Modesto Roland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dado de baja's goalkeeper Modesto Roland, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Silvio Boniel got a throw-in 57 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Zacarias Raymon. In the 59th match minute, Real Llull de Reus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aarón Domingo to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 68 minutes, Cai Espinosa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Real Llull de Reus's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cai Espinosa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dado de baja made a substitution. Marcelo Tano replaced Cristo Mark. Modesto Roland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lancelot Astudillo, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. When Eliseo Lawrence came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the Dado de baja 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 Eliseo Lawrence couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Real Llull de Reus's César Negro got a free kick in the 76th minute. Modesto Roland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cai Espinosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Modesto Roland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cai Espinosa in the 87th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lancelot Astudillo during the 89th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After some careless play in the Dado de baja defense, Cai Espinosa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Modesto Roland. The Dado de baja fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Modesto Roland should have stopped the shot. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Marcelo Tano took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Álvaro Valles to make any attempt to save it. The Real Llull de Reus players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.