U21 World League

La Leonera
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Hugo Sánchez took the kick off in the first half of the match. Santos Kiliz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Leitão, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Cayetano Bertol hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Leitão in the 13th minute of play forced GUSESI's goalkeeper Santos Kiliz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paco Gento charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Paco Gento the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 17 played minutes GUSESI got a freekick which was hit by Paco Gento. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind GUSESI's goalkeeper Santos Kiliz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some careless play in the Ladoeiro No RuleZ FC 2010 defense, Carmelo Naelio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rui Patrício. The Ladoeiro No RuleZ FC 2010 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rui Patrício should have stopped the shot. GUSESI's Santos Kiliz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laureano Carmo in the 32nd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Almiro Lobo during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Almiro Lobo hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Hugo Sánchez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Rui Patrício tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th minute, Paco Gento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmelo Naelio in the 43rd minute of play forced Ladoeiro No RuleZ FC 2010's goalkeeper Rui Patrício to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 46 minutes of play, Ladoeiro No RuleZ FC 2010's Diogo Alcântara made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Santos Kiliz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

After 54 played minutes Ladoeiro No RuleZ FC 2010 got a freekick which was hit by Adalberto Saldanha. GUSESI's Hugo Sánchez got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Leal Salgado kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. After 65 minutes of play Ladoeiro No RuleZ FC 2010's Almiro Lobo was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 65 played minutes Ladoeiro No RuleZ FC 2010 got a freekick which was hit by Almiro Lobo. Hugo Sánchez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 70 minutes into the match, Ladoeiro No RuleZ FC 2010's goal looked a bit too open when Carmelo Naelio came free, but Rui Patrício reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rui Patrício showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cayetano Bertol, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. After 81 played minutes, GUSESI's Baltasar Marquez shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rui Patrício came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in GUSESI reached it. In the 82nd minute, Carmelo Naelio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rui Patrício was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Carmelo Naelio took the ball and in the 91 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rui Patrício. Rui Patrício dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Santos Kiliz made a fantastic save in the 97th minute, when Pedro Leitão sent off a good shot on target. GUSESI's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.