U21 World League

Beltrán Montenegro
Spectators: 7705 (Terracing: 5780, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nereo Mincho took the kick off in the first half of the match. C.D. Ciudad de Soria's Lucas Sabina proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save C.D. Ciudad de Soria from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benigno Orlanda in the 7th minute of play forced C.D. Ciudad de Soria's goalkeeper Lucas Sabina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raimundo Bertol received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Lucas Sabina tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lucas Sabina didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nereo Mincho went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Lucas Sabina made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edgardo Henrico in the 22nd minute. The audience was convinced that Nereo Mincho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lucas Sabina was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Facundo Vila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jordi Morales in the 29th minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Firman Salan 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. After a rather tough play, lןןl La Coconeta's Alejo Markel got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 39th minute, Lucero Odín 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. After 40 played minutes Colon Rico shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for lןןl La Coconeta's Facundo Vila to catch but Colon Rico was lucky. It became 1-1 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. Lucero Odín struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Facundo Vila didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for C.D. Ciudad de Soria. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Colon Rico made a kick off. With a little luck, lןןl La Coconeta's Facundo Vila got control of the ball when Colon Rico tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 52nd play minute Firman Salan came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Facundo Vila. 1-2. Lucas Sabina showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nereo Mincho in the 54th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Colon Rico in the 62nd minute of play forced lןןl La Coconeta's goalkeeper Facundo Vila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maximiliano Sans hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. After 64 played minutes C.D. Ciudad de Soria got a freekick which was hit by Lisandro Alcaraz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nereo Mincho in the 65th minute of play forced C.D. Ciudad de Soria's goalkeeper Lucas Sabina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 67 minutes into the match, Colon Rico notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of lןןl La Coconeta's Facundo Vila. Facundo Vila was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Jordi Morales fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored C.D. Ciudad de Soria's protests and gave Jordi Morales a yellow card for diving instead. 73 minutes into the game, lןןl La Coconeta's Raimundo Bertol nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lucas Sabina made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. After 77 played minutes lןןl La Coconeta got a freekick which was hit by Nereo Mincho. Facundo Vila didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Firman Salan went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. Colon Rico who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 83rdth minute tested the skills of Facundo Vila when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 83rd match minute, lןןl La Coconeta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edgardo Henrico to maneuver through the defense. C.D. Ciudad de Soria's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.