U23 World League

Ricardo E. Bochini
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Mauro Ermengol started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Ψ virgen Ψ's Dalmacio Lugo got a free kick in the 5th minute. 5 minutes into the match, Al-Femur FC's Joel Etxahun broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. A collision led to Ψ virgen Ψ getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Dalmacio Lugo hit a great ball. 7 minutes into the game, Al-Femur FC's Mauro Ermengol nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonas Birila made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Jesus Pepillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Blas Gaizkine, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Jonas Birila took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mauro Ermengol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Blas Espiridion kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Jonas Birila made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mauro Ermengol in the 15th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Mauro Ermengol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonas Birila was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Iker Macerio kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Ψ virgen Ψ's Blas Gaizkine got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonas Birila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Ermengol in the 23rd minute of the match. Ψ virgen Ψ's Jonas Birila played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maximiliano Barros in the 28th minute of play. The supporters of Al-Femur FC booed when Ψ virgen Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edelmiro Manilan didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 34 minutes, Maximiliano Barros managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Al-Femur FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Maximiliano Barros was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 35th match minute, Al-Femur FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Etxahun to maneuver through the defense. Blas Gaizkine fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jesus Pepillo having to interfere. In the 39th match minute, Ψ virgen Ψ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Blas Espiridion to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute Joel Etxahun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonas Birila saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Al-Femur FC's Mauro Ermengol got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

Edelmiro Manilan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Al-Femur FC's Dario Urtun got a free kick in the 56th minute. After having played for 57 minutes, Baltasar Abilio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ψ virgen Ψ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Baltasar Abilio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Al-Femur FC booed when Ψ virgen Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alvaro Ixaka didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonas Birila was a little too slow when Maximiliano Barros got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 65th minute. The score was now 0-2. After a rather tough play, Ψ virgen Ψ's Blas Gaizkine got a free kick in the 76th minute. Jesus Pepillo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marciano Berriotxoa in the 85th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Blas Gaizkine hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Ψ virgen Ψ supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Al-Femur FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Al-Femur FC.