U23 World League

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Spectators: 7750 (Terracing: 5814, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Roldan Alzaga made the kick off which started today's match. Rogerio Logares might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Franco Moscatelli. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rogerio Logares ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match clock showed 5 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Rodri Palacios sped through Ornopata's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aires Guerris. After 12 played minutes Rodri Palacios rounded Ornopata's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. Yépez Abrea charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yépez Abrea the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 15th match minute, Ornopata was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yépez Abrea to maneuver through the defense. In the 15th minute, Rossangeles's Rodri Palacios dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. Rossangeles's Franco Moscatelli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wiktor Björnsson in the 18th minute of play. Aires Guerris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zheng Cheng Qi in the 20th minute of the match. Yépez Abrea hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Rodri Palacios's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 25thth minute, Aires Guerris skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Aires Guerris stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Annadeva Flumian's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. In the 30thth minute of the game Rodri Palacios who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ornopata's Aires Guerris was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 31 minutes in the game, Zheng Cheng Qi fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Aires Guerris having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodri Palacios in the 31st minute of play forced Ornopata's goalkeeper Aires Guerris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Ornopata's Aires Guerris got control of the ball when Rodri Palacios tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 35th match minute, Ornopata was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xabel Santaren to maneuver through the defense. In the 37th minute Calle Inda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Moscatelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th minute, Annadeva Flumian hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rodri Palacios to strike the kick off in the second half. If Zheng Cheng Qi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 55 minutes into the game, Rodri Palacios cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Aires Guerris was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Franco Moscatelli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wiktor Björnsson in the 58th minute. When the match clock showed 59 minutes, the score became 6-0 when Rodri Palacios sped through Ornopata's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aires Guerris. In the 63rd minute, Annadeva Flumian 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. After some careless play in the Ornopata defense, Rodri Palacios kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aires Guerris. The Ornopata fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aires Guerris should have stopped the shot. Franco Moscatelli made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Wiktor Björnsson sent off a good shot on target. Franco Moscatelli was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Wiktor Björnsson showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 7-1 in the 68 minute of play. Zheng Cheng Qi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Aires Guerris tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 75 minutes into the match, Rossangeles's goal looked a bit too open when Calle Inda came free, but Franco Moscatelli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rossangeles made a substitution. Adriano Imperatore replaced Ercole Fiori. Franco Moscatelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Calle Inda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Franco Moscatelli made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Wiktor Björnsson sent off a good shot on target. Ornopata's Aires Guerris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodri Palacios in the 90th minute of play. Rossangeles made a substitution. Yu Bing Hong replaced Zheng Cheng Qi.