U21 World League

Ciudad de Ballester
Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Enrique Tavares got the match started through his kick off. After 11 minutes, Fabricio Tuste mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Baxters Boys and the Zuberbühler FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 12th match minute, Baxters Boys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabricio Tuste to maneuver through the defense. 龚扬强 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enrique Tavares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 龚扬强 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan-Olof Bergendahl in the 21st minute of play. In the 24th minute, Zuberbühler FC's Luisito Reynardo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. 龚扬强 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan-Olof Bergendahl, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Jan-Olof Bergendahl scored 1-1 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 龚扬强, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Baxters Boys's Fabricio Tuste got a free kick in the 31st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmelo Corderun in the 32nd minute of play forced Baxters Boys's goalkeeper Staffan Joensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 32 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Julio Gipuzkoa sped through Baxters Boys's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Staffan Joensson. Baxters Boys's Staffan Joensson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Baxters Boys from getting a goal against them. Tiburcio Goito kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Sotirios Papagiannopoulos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 龚扬强 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. 46 minutes into the match, Carmelo Corderun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Staffan Joensson. Baxters Boys's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carmelo Corderun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Julio Gipuzkoa made the kick off in the second half. Baxters Boys's Staffan Joensson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carmelo Corderun in the 53rd minute of play. 53 minutes into the match, Baxters Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Carmelo Corderun came free, but Staffan Joensson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 龚扬强 was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Stig Gulliksson showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-2 in the 54 minute of play. A collision led to Zuberbühler FC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Leonides Misael hit a great ball. After 65 minutes, Carmelo Corderun made it 4-2 with a short kick to the right side. Baxters Boys's Staffan Joensson tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Zuberbühler FC's Anier Laurin was substituted for Carmelo Inocente. Staffan Joensson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luisito Reynardo in the 71st minute of the match. Zuberbühler FC's Braulio Neto was substituted for Carmelo Corderun. After 74 played minutes Baxters Boys got a freekick which was hit by Sotirios Papagiannopoulos. Anier Laurin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Staffan Joensson having to interfere. Matthias Norberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 86 minutes into the match, Zuberbühler FC's Braulio Neto sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Staffan Joensson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Julio Gipuzkoa hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. 龚扬强 was a little too slow when Stig Gulliksson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 93rd minute. The score was now 4-3.