U21 World League

El Coliseo
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) In the 4th minute there was a penalty for Gladiadores. Americo Mannie stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Muhittin Suyurgal. 1-0. In the 9th minute, Gladiadores's Matan Brito ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Muhittin Suyurgal. Muhittin Suyurgal yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Severo Diegotxe during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gonzalo Millano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Faruk Sertuğ in the 18th minute of the match. The supporters of The Last Airbender booed when Gladiadores was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anibal Oroitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yakut Diriğ received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Gonzalo Millano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gladiadores's Gonzalo Millano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Faruk Sertuğ in the 21st minute of play. After 26 minutes of play, Gladiadores's Siro Theobald made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Muhittin Suyurgal was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gladiadores's Gonzalo Millano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yakut Diriğ in the 29th minute of play. Matan Brito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Muhittin Suyurgal having to interfere. Gladiadores's Gonzalo Millano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sungur Yalçın in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Yakut Diriğ hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gaspar Markel to make the kick off. Jesus Lluis kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as The Last Airbender's Ali Faruk Sertuğ slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gonzalo Millano. That made the score 3-1 after 53 minutes of play. The supporters of The Last Airbender booed when Gladiadores was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jesus Lluis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gonzalo Millano was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Köksal Yenal. The long shot by Köksal Yenal in the 62nd minute really tested Gonzalo Millano's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. After a rather tough play, The Last Airbender's Vural Balabey got a free kick in the 65th minute. Gladiadores's Americo Mannie couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 66th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for The Last Airbender. A collision led to The Last Airbender getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Ali Faruk Sertuğ hit a great ball. In the 83rd minute Vural Balabey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gonzalo Millano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 86th minute of the match, Sungur Yalçın got a very nice opportunity to score, but Gonzalo Millano was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Gonzalo Millano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Faruk Sertuğ in the 90th minute of the match. Anibal Oroitz charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anibal Oroitz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 96 minutes into the match, Gladiadores's goal looked a bit too open when Yakut Diriğ came free, but Gonzalo Millano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gladiadores's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.