U21 World League

ESA MONUMENTAL
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cayetano Txerran started the match with the kick off. Albano Nazario took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniz Chian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. At last the ball reached Gabriel Namasivayam at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Esmeralda AFC. 0-1. 15 minutes into the match, Manchester United rise to's goal looked a bit too open when Cayetano Txerran came free, but Gigi Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Manchester United rise to's Mark Lim got a free kick in the 15th minute. Cayetano Txerran took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gigi Buffon. Gigi Buffon 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. Gigi Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cayetano Txerran in the 23rd minute of the match. Albano Nazario showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darren Sarangapani, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Gigi Buffon was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Cayetano Txerran capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cayetano Txerran really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. Mateo Jakue fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gigi Buffon having to interfere. Esmeralda AFC's Albano Nazario played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Darren Sarangapani in the 38th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamir Nair in the 43rd minute of play forced Esmeralda AFC's goalkeeper Albano Nazario to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes into the match, Esmeralda AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Darren Sarangapani came free, but Albano Nazario reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Afiz Cho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Albano Nazario tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

In the 54th minute Darren Sarangapani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Albano Nazario saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cayetano Txerran in the 63rd minute of play forced Manchester United rise to's goalkeeper Gigi Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manchester United rise to's Hamir Nair got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Darren Sarangapani's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 70thth minute, Albano Nazario skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 81 minutes into the game, Manchester United rise to's Daniz Chian nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Albano Nazario made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-4. After 84 minutes, Cayetano Txerran mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Esmeralda AFC and the Manchester United rise to players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Esmeralda AFC's Cayetano Txerran got a free kick in the 84th minute. With his leg Albano Nazario managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when Manchester United rise to's Darren Sarangapani fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Gabriel Namasivayam scored 2-5 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Albano Nazario, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Darren Sarangapani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Albano Nazario was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Albano Nazario showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hamir Nair in the 95th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Manchester United rise to left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Esmeralda AFC.