U21 World League

Sleepy Hollow
Spectators: 7512 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 140) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Benjamin Sykes took the kick off in the first half of the match. Albino Nofre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Connor Bridge in the 5th minute of play. 8 minutes into the game, Francisco Odilon was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Talleres's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave The Handsome Wizards UTD the free kick. Francisco Odilon kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. The Handsome Wizards UTD's Luke Hollingsworth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Enekoitz in the 14th minute of play. In the 15th minute Alfredo Enekoitz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luke Hollingsworth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Connor Bridge hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Albino Nofre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Connor Bridge in the 17th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Alfredo Enekoitz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Talleres's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave The Handsome Wizards UTD the free kick. After a rather tough play, Talleres's Alfredo Enekoitz got a free kick in the 19th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benjamin Sykes got free with Albino Nofre in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 22nd minute, Connor Bridge reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Albino Nofre. The goal made the score 1-0. Luke Hollingsworth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adolfo Diaz in the 28th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute, Grant Mason hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 35th match minute, The Handsome Wizards UTD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ash Crowther to maneuver through the defense. The Handsome Wizards UTD's Luke Hollingsworth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerardo Tipi in the 40th minute of play. After a rather tough play, The Handsome Wizards UTD's Chris Barber got a free kick in the 44th minute. When the match clock showed 48 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Adolfo Diaz sped through The Handsome Wizards UTD's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Luke Hollingsworth. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adolfo Diaz to make the kick off. The Handsome Wizards UTD's Connor Bridge got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Talleres's Albino Nofre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Connor Bridge in the 66th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Lucio Ermengol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Talleres's Albino Nofre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benjamin Sykes in the 70th minute of play. After 72 played minutes The Handsome Wizards UTD got a freekick which was hit by Tyler Ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Silvano Liberto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Talleres's supporters rose to their feet, but Silvano Liberto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luke Hollingsworth breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Albino Nofre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin Sykes in the 75th minute of the match. In the 84th match minute, The Handsome Wizards UTD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Connor Bridge to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of The Handsome Wizards UTD booed when Talleres was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucio Ermengol didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th match minute, Talleres was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Prospero Oriche to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamin Sykes in the 96th minute of play forced Talleres's goalkeeper Albino Nofre to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Talleres's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.