U23 World League

Europe Stadium
Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Argi Abad kicked off to start the match. After 2 minutes, Marcelo Abastas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La Mandarina Mecánica and the Parque Europa FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Marcelo Abastas hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. If Jesús Roman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Frances Sánchez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Perico Abellaneda was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Txilar Abeita took the ball and in the 16 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. In the 26th minute, Mingo Cordoba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Argi Abad in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zabal Salgado saved Parque Europa FC from getting behind. 30 minutes into the match, Frances Sánchez notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of La Mandarina Mecánica's Perico Abellaneda. Perico Abellaneda was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 33 minutes into the game, La Mandarina Mecánica's Txilar Abeita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zabal Salgado made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. After 37 minutes of play, La Mandarina Mecánica's Txilar Abeita made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zabal Salgado was left in no man's land by his defense there! 40 minutes into the match, La Mandarina Mecánica's goal looked a bit too open when Frances Sánchez came free, but Perico Abellaneda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sayvion Aballe kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Argi Abad in the 45th minute of play forced Parque Europa FC's goalkeeper Zabal Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Jesús Roman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mingo Cordoba kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Jesús Roman made the kick off in the second half. When Jesús Roman fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Parque Europa FC's protests and gave Jesús Roman a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Parque Europa FC's Jesús Roman got a free kick in the 52nd minute. The throw-in from Mano Abello in the 54th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Parque Europa FC's Mingo Cordoba. After a rather tough play, Parque Europa FC's Selmo Alabern got a free kick in the 54th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Ricardo Abaunza could shoot a difficult shot in the 60th minute, which Zabal Salgado however easily saved by the left post. 66 minutes into the match, La Mandarina Mecánica's goal looked a bit too open when Frances Sánchez came free, but Perico Abellaneda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 68 minutes into the match, Parque Europa FC's goal looked a bit too open when Argi Abad came free, but Zabal Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mingo Cordoba was shown his second yellow card after 69 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 69 played minutes Parque Europa FC got a freekick which was hit by Mingo Cordoba. After 71 minutes of play, La Mandarina Mecánica's Argi Abad made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zabal Salgado was left in no man's land by his defense there! La Mandarina Mecánica made a substitution. Constancio Abecia replaced Sayvion Aballe. Sabino Mayor's late challenge caught a La Mandarina Mecánica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sabino Mayor helped the player get up and apologised. La Mandarina Mecánica's Sancho Abeitia was substituted for Mano Abello. La Mandarina Mecánica's Fero Abenda was substituted for Albano Abalos. Sabino Mayor hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Zabal Salgado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Argi Abad, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Constancio Abecia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Zabal Salgado made a huge save. 89 minutes into the game, La Mandarina Mecánica's Argi Abad nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zabal Salgado made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. Zabal Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Txilar Abeita in the 95th minute of play.