U21 World League

ROJO LEN
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Urbano Bittor got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Arribeños AFC's Vladimiro Jordy got a free kick in the 2nd minute. With an all-out effort, ROJO's Daniel Gaspard threw himself towards the right post 3 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Urbano Bittor, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 4 minutes, Victorino Pabla mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arribeños AFC and the ROJO players grew even worse after the yellow card. Roman Haritz charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roman Haritz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Roman Haritz kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Lino Bembe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernesto Esiquio in the 8th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Urbano Bittor in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Daniel Gaspard saved Arribeños AFC from getting behind. 19 minutes into the match, Arribeños AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Urbano Bittor came free, but Daniel Gaspard reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, ROJO's Roman Haritz got a free kick in the 20th minute. In the 31st minute Ernesto Esiquio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lino Bembe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Javier Palben fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Daniel Gaspard having to interfere. With a little luck, Arribeños AFC's Daniel Gaspard got control of the ball when Jan Huijsmans tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ernesto Esiquio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Lino Bembe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to ROJO getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Nicolas Salvino hit a great ball. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Domingo Rufio made the kick off in the second half. In a very dangerous position, a player in ROJO fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 52nd minute. Penalty! ROJO:s Lino Bembe showed great skill when he stopped Justo Policarpio:s penalty. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Justo Policarpio took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Lino Bembe to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domingo Rufio in the 66th minute of play forced ROJO's goalkeeper Lino Bembe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arribeños AFC's Daniel Gaspard played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Urbano Bittor in the 88th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernesto Esiquio got free with Lino Bembe in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernesto Esiquio got free with Lino Bembe in the 99th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Arribeños AFC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.