U23 World League

Romanus Empire
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Iker Garcia started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Senatus Populus Que Roman's Valentino Contratas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Placido Ederono in the 7th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Segundo Oskitz in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Valentino Contratas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 11 minutes of play, Il Catenaccio's Segundo Oskitz made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentino Contratas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Valentino Contratas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Placido Ederono, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Hugo Mitxaut kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the game, Segundo Oskitz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Valentino Contratas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 27th match minute, Il Catenaccio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ceferino Corderall to maneuver through the defense. 28 minutes in the game Gonsalve Baños after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Eleuterio Pagomari. A very good opportunity. Eleuterio Pagomari took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iker Garcia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Placido Ederono scored 0-4 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Valentino Contratas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Ceferino Corderall fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Il Catenaccio's protests and gave Ceferino Corderall a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Senatus Populus Que Roman booed when Il Catenaccio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ceferino Corderall didn't get a good kick on the ball. 40 minutes into the match, Senatus Populus Que Roman's goal looked a bit too open when Gonzalo Vincent came free, but Valentino Contratas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valentino Contratas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Placido Ederono in the 41st minute of the match. After some careless play in the Senatus Populus Que Roman defense, Placido Ederono kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valentino Contratas. The Senatus Populus Que Roman fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valentino Contratas should have stopped the shot. Valentino Contratas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bartolo Txanton went, in the 48th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. The Senatus Populus Que Roman players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Il Catenaccio were winning 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Placido Ederono to make the kick off. Valentino Contratas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Placido Ederono in the 54th minute of the match. After having played for 56 minutes, Placido Ederono managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Il Catenaccio's supporters crossed their fingers, but Placido Ederono was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Valentino Contratas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Segundo Oskitz in the 57th minute. Adan Isidor hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. After 69 minutes of play, Il Catenaccio's Segundo Oskitz made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentino Contratas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Valentino Contratas came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Il Catenaccio's Segundo Oskitz. But to his dismay, Segundo Oskitz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-8. In the 78th match minute, Senatus Populus Que Roman was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by William Manzano to maneuver through the defense. Placido Ederono fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valentino Contratas having to interfere. After 84 played minutes Placido Ederono rounded Senatus Populus Que Roman's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-9. In the 90th minute of the match, Placido Ederono tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Valentino Contratas saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 91st minute, Segundo Oskitz 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. Placido Ederono received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Valentino Contratas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Il Catenaccio's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.