U23 World League

Estadio Ivan Ramljak
Spectators: 7700 (Terracing: 5776, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Esteban Belo got the match started through his kick off. Epifanio Cebrian hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Epifanio Cebrian kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Ramiro Niva made in the 11th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by • El Croacia fobal club •'s Clemente Laurgain. Teofilo Lorencio took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jorge Luke. Jorge Luke dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Nicolas Irrintzi scored 0-2 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jorge Luke, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 23rd minute, Esteban Belo made a precise shot to the right of Jorge Luke. • El Croacia fobal club •'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. After 28 played minutes • El Croacia fobal club • got a freekick which was hit by Epifanio Cebrian. In the 32nd minute, Esteban Belo made a precise shot to the right of Jorge Luke. • El Croacia fobal club •'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. In the 38th minute Nicolas Irrintzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Luke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolas Irrintzi struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Jorge Luke didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Acratas Unidos. • El Croacia fobal club •'s Jorge Luke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolas Irrintzi in the 43rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Esteban Belo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jorge Luke was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. If Teofilo Lorencio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

With an all-out effort, Acratas Unidos's Jorge Luke threw himself towards the right post 52 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Esteban Belo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 54th minute, Teofilo Lorencio reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jorge Luke. The goal made the score 0-5. • El Croacia fobal club •'s Jorge Luke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esteban Belo in the 57th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Esteban Belo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Acratas Unidos's supporters rose to their feet, but Esteban Belo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jorge Luke breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nicolas Irrintzi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Jorge Luke made a huge save. Jorge Luke was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Teofilo Lorencio showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-7 in the 68 minute of play. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by • El Croacia fobal club •'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ramiro Niva was slow to take the kick. During this time Acratas Unidos's players had a chance to rest. After a defensive mix-up in Acratas Unidos's zone, Luis Tano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arnulfo Ignatius came out of the goal and Luis Tano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Luis Tano came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the • El Croacia fobal club • 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 Luis Tano couldn't finish the play. • El Croacia fobal club •'s Jorge Luke proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save • El Croacia fobal club • from getting a goal against them. Jorge Luke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esteban Belo in the 86th minute of the match. A collision led to • El Croacia fobal club • getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Luis Tano hit a great ball.