U23 World League

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Spectators: 7663 (Terracing: 5748, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when João Carlos Neto made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Joxa mé trasan's Egil Bern got a free kick in the 7th minute. 11 minutes into the match, Joxa mé trasan's goalkeeper Ronnie Hellström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Herminio Esteban. In the last second Ronnie Hellström throw himself and got hold of the ball when Emilio Montiel in the 14thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Ronnie Hellström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Herminio Esteban in the 19th minute. A collision led to Joxa mé trasan getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. João Carlos Neto hit a great ball. Matthew Sanderson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ronnie Hellström firmly grabbed it by the left post. After a rather tough play, Joxa mé trasan's Sabin Macovei got a free kick in the 27th minute. João Carlos Neto took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ritchie Pastor. Ritchie Pastor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Ritchie Pastor came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Joxa mé trasan's João Carlos Neto. But to his dismay, João Carlos Neto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. When Gerardo Pascua fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored la Conarda C.F.'s protests and gave Gerardo Pascua a yellow card for diving instead. Gerardo Pascua hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. 44 minutes into the match, Joxa mé trasan's goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Moreno came free, but Ronnie Hellström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ritchie Pastor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ingvar Holmberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Ritchie Pastor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ingvar Holmberg in the 47th minute of the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Herminio Esteban to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, la Conarda C.F.'s Matthew Sanderson got a free kick in the 52nd minute. The throw-in from René Galego in the 56th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Joxa mé trasan's Kevin Hellström. Ingvar Holmberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Ritchie Pastor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when João Carlos Neto got free with Ritchie Pastor in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, la Conarda C.F.'s Ritchie Pastor got control of the ball when João Carlos Neto tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 61 played minutes Joxa mé trasan got a freekick which was hit by Doyle Brunson. Ingvar Holmberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ritchie Pastor having to interfere. 72 minutes into the match, la Conarda C.F.'s goalkeeper Ritchie Pastor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by João Carlos Neto. A collision led to Joxa mé trasan getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Mariusz Sebzda hit a great ball. la Conarda C.F.'s Argider Castro was substituted for Leroy Huarte. In the 78th minute, Mariusz Sebzda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. João Carlos Neto's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ritchie Pastor firmly grabbed it by the left post. Ronnie Hellström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Moreno in the 91st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Joxa mé trasan's Carl Magnusson got a free kick in the 91st minute.