U23 World League

Europe Stadium
Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) After 4 minutes, Selmo Alabern mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Parque Europa FC and the RAMBO FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of RAMBO FC booed when Parque Europa FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Selmo Alabern didn't get a good kick on the ball. Clemencin Erosa hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. RAMBO FC's Mino Arraya couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 7th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Parque Europa FC. 11 minutes into the match, Parque Europa FC's goal looked a bit too open when Duarte Colmenero came free, but Zabal Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zabal Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tello Picado in the 12th minute of play. A collision led to Parque Europa FC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Anatolio Gonzalvez hit a great ball. Erasto Cobo took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zabal Salgado. Zabal Salgado 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. RAMBO FC's Mino Arraya got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of RAMBO FC booed when Parque Europa FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Santi Dobale didn't get a good kick on the ball. RAMBO FC's Erasto Cobo got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zabal Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mino Arraya, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Zabal Salgado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tello Picado went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Parque Europa FC defense, Tello Picado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zabal Salgado. The Parque Europa FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zabal Salgado should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tello Picado in the 33rd minute of play forced Parque Europa FC's goalkeeper Zabal Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Parque Europa FC's Mingo Cordoba quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Lauren Foronda, made in the 40th minute of the game. Erasto Cobo scored 0-4 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zabal Salgado, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 45th match minute, RAMBO FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lauren Foronda to maneuver through the defense. In the 47th minute, Frances Sánchez fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. After the first half RAMBO FC were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Erasto Cobo was the one to do the kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Santi Dobale managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Parque Europa FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Santi Dobale was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zabal Salgado was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Erasto Cobo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 54 minute of play. The throw-in from Lauren Foronda in the 57th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Parque Europa FC's Mingo Cordoba. In the 58th minute, Santi Dobale hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 59 played minutes, RAMBO FC's Joam Serrano shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Zabal Salgado came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in RAMBO FC reached it. RAMBO FC's Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frances Sánchez in the 62nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Parque Europa FC's Sabino Mayor got a free kick in the 69th minute. Rosario Flores hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santi Dobale in the 83rd minute of play. In the 88thth minute of the game Frances Sánchez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RAMBO FC's Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 89 minutes into the match, RAMBO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Santi Dobale came free, but Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. RAMBO FC's Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frances Sánchez in the 96th minute of play. The RAMBO FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing RAMBO FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.