U21 World League

Estadio Sergio Llull
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Cai Espinosa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Pannekoeken's Remco Witters played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cai Espinosa in the 6th minute of play. Polo Bouzas charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Polo Bouzas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Polo Bouzas hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Real Llull de Reus's Luis Maestro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mark Kramer in the 10th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Cai Espinosa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of Real Llull de Reus booed when Pannekoeken was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andreas Teunisse didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Real Llull de Reus fans' excitement grew in the 24th match minute when Real Llull de Reus's Cai Espinosa looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Cai Espinosa put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Remco Witters. In a very dangerous position, a player in Pannekoeken fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 35th minute. Penalty! Pannekoeken:s Remco Witters showed great skill when he stopped Jose-Manuel Litago:s penalty. Jose-Manuel Litago scored 3-0 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Remco Witters, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Cai Espinosa took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Remco Witters to make any attempt to save it. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Ronald Kip made the kick off in the second half. Andreas Teunisse made in the 52nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Arjan Onrust immediately put the ball in play. After 54 played minutes Real Llull de Reus got a freekick which was hit by Michel Ortiz. Real Llull de Reus's César Negro quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Andreas Teunisse, made in the 56th minute of the game. After 57 played minutes Real Llull de Reus got a freekick which was hit by Polo Bouzas. César Negro's late challenge caught a Pannekoeken's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. César Negro helped the player get up and apologised. César Negro hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. A hard shot by Jordi Nedergaard from long distance, 61 minutes into the match, got Luis Maestro's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Remco Witters stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cai Espinosa's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Cefero Gala sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Pannekoeken's goalkeeper Remco Witters, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Remco Witters took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cefero Gala, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Real Llull de Reus's Cai Espinosa got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cai Espinosa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Remco Witters read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. After 77 minutes Pannekoeken's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jose-Manuel Litago who took care of the corner kick. Orlo Puyol made a great header on Real Llull de Reus's corner, it was just that Pannekoeken's Remco Witters managed to reach the ball for a save. After a rather tough play, Pannekoeken's Lukas Dilling got a free kick in the 80th minute. Cai Espinosa might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Remco Witters. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cai Espinosa ran back to his position shaking his head. 87 minutes into the game, Cefero Gala cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Remco Witters was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. During the 93rd minute of the match César Negro completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave César Negro a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Pannekoeken booed when Real Llull de Reus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. César Negro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th minute of the match Andreas Teunisse shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Luis Maestro showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Real Llull de Reus fully deserved thier win.