U21 World League

Anoeta
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Real Sociedad's Vicente Millano started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Zlatosav Koljenović was a little too slow when Libertad Sarmiento got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 5th minute. The score was now 1-0. After 11 minutes of play, Warriors of Gora™'s Voja Vučinić made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sauveur Lisundia was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 15 minutes of play, Real Sociedad's Libertad Sarmiento made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zlatosav Koljenović was left in no man's land by his defense there! 18 minutes into the game, Claude Makélélé was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Real Sociedad's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Warriors of Gora™ the free kick. After a rather tough play, Real Sociedad's Claude Makélélé got a free kick in the 18th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Warriors of Gora™'s Baba Baadgaards sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sauveur Lisundia narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gaël Janssens blasted a shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zlatosav Koljenović having to make a save. Vasilj Kanja's late challenge caught a Real Sociedad's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vasilj Kanja helped the player get up and apologised. In the 21st minute, Vasilj Kanja hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Frédéric Pantel kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Marko Glogovac kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. In the 31stth minute of the game Voja Vučinić who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Real Sociedad's Sauveur Lisundia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 34th minute, Real Sociedad's Vicente Millano dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. Sauveur Lisundia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Voja Vučinić in the 37th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Junior Shevchenko in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sauveur Lisundia saved Real Sociedad from getting behind. In the 39th minute Junior Shevchenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sauveur Lisundia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sauveur Lisundia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Voja Vučinić in the 43rd minute of the match. After 46 minutes, Frédéric Pantel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Sociedad and the Warriors of Gora™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Real Sociedad's Frédéric Pantel got a free kick in the 46th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Junior Shevchenko to strike the kick off in the second half. After 54 minutes of play, Real Sociedad's Libertad Sarmiento made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zlatosav Koljenović was left in no man's land by his defense there! Libertad Sarmiento scored 6-1 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zlatosav Koljenović, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Warriors of Gora™ defense, Libertad Sarmiento kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zlatosav Koljenović. The Warriors of Gora™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zlatosav Koljenović should have stopped the shot. After 78 minutes of play, Real Sociedad's Libertad Sarmiento made it 9-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zlatosav Koljenović was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Voja Vučinić got free with Sauveur Lisundia in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 84th match minute, Real Sociedad was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ale Kutas to maneuver through the defense. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 9-2 when Voja Vučinić sped through Real Sociedad's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Sauveur Lisundia. Zlatosav Koljenović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Libertad Sarmiento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 96th minute, Libertad Sarmiento 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. Real Sociedad's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.