U21 World League

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 7741 (Terracing: 5807, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Yağızhan Yurdaşen made the kick off which started today's match. Yağızhan Yurdaşen kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Espen Steelers's zone, Yağızhan Yurdaşen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nikola Portner came out of the goal and Yağızhan Yurdaşen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nikola Portner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximiliano Remir in the 7th minute of the match. After 8 played minutes Patricio Rey Futbol Club got a freekick which was hit by Albano Gasteiz. After having played for 10 minutes, Dominik Sauerberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Espen Steelers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dominik Sauerberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nikola Portner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yağızhan Yurdaşen in the 13th minute of play. Nikola Portner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yağızhan Yurdaşen, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. If Maximiliano Remir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikola Portner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yağızhan Yurdaşen, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. The supporters of Patricio Rey Futbol Club booed when Espen Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laurenzo Wagner didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patricio Rey Futbol Club's Justo Pepillo got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gaudencio Quinito made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Lenny Rubin sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gaetano Rothstein got free with Gaudencio Quinito in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Espen Steelers's Christian Witzig got a free kick in the 43rd minute. In the 44th minute, Christian Witzig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Clement Rothstein made a kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Maximiliano Remir got free with Nikola Portner in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Patricio Rey Futbol Club booed when Espen Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alex Ioneasa didn't get a good kick on the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Laurenzo Wagner notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Patricio Rey Futbol Club's Gaudencio Quinito. Gaudencio Quinito was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gaudencio Quinito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clement Rothstein in the 73rd minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Patricio Rey Futbol Club's goal looked a bit too open when Clement Rothstein came free, but Gaudencio Quinito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 84 minutes into the match, Yağızhan Yurdaşen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikola Portner. Espen Steelers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yağızhan Yurdaşen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Gaudencio Quinito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lenny Rubin, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.