U23 World League

La Cascada Cordobesa
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Manantiales Fc's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Americo Bastia in the 5th minute. The corner led Manantiales Fc's Americo Bastia to fire away a dangerous shot which Goi Balpuesta despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Epifanio Bernaldo during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Epifanio Bernaldo kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Severo Roderigo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clemente Tome in the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafet Işıldar in the 16th minute of play forced Manantiales Fc's goalkeeper Severo Roderigo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 20 minutes of play, Fohat Neyen's Clemente Tome made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Severo Roderigo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Severo Roderigo came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Fohat Neyen's Denis Schnell. But to his dismay, Denis Schnell quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 1-2 came through a penalty shot after 27 played minutes, when Manantiales Fc:s Americo Bastia calmly waited for Fohat Neyen:s goalkeeper to move before he rolled in the ball by the right post. Severo Roderigo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Schnell in the 31st minute of play. When Epifanio Bernaldo was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 40 minutes had been played.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Denis Schnell to strike the kick off in the second half. Manantiales Fc's Severo Roderigo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Manantiales Fc from getting a goal against them. If Rafet Işıldar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Manantiales Fc's Tobias Cuarto was substituted for Tomas Barea. 67 minutes into the game, Fabrizio Cauli cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Severo Roderigo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rafet Işıldar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Severo Roderigo made a huge save. 71 minutes into the match, Rafet Işıldar dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Severo Roderigo, 1-5. Severo Roderigo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clemente Tome, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Severo Roderigo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafet Işıldar in the 77th minute of the match. In the 77th minute, Denis Schnell reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Severo Roderigo. The goal made the score 1-6. Severo Roderigo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rafet Işıldar in the 82nd minute. In the 84th minute Fohat Neyen were awarded a corner. Denis Schnell went to the cornerflag to take it. Quintyn Barrio was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 88th minute Denis Schnell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severo Roderigo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fohat Neyen's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.