U23 World League

Temple of Solomon
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Melchor Rosio made the kick off which started today's match. Elpidio Bixintxo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Samuel Demicoli having to interfere. A collision led to Templars FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Martin Manicolo hit a great ball. Kurt Abdilla struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Sergio Romero didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Templars FC. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kurt Abdilla in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sergio Romero prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 15th minute, Benigno Eriz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Samuel Demicoli was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Samuel Demicoli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angel Di Maria, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Sporting de Gijón's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Benigno Eriz in the 24th minute. Benigno Eriz made a great header on Sporting de Gijón's corner, it was just that Templars FC's Samuel Demicoli managed to reach the ball for a save. Samuel Demicoli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elpidio Bixintxo in the 26th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the game, Sporting de Gijón's Elpidio Bixintxo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Samuel Demicoli made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Samuel Demicoli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elpidio Bixintxo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Samuel Demicoli didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elpidio Bixintxo went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. If Benigno Eriz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jonathan Tagliaferro to strike the kick off in the second half. Samuel Demicoli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elpidio Bixintxo in the 55th minute of the match. Sporting de Gijón's Elpidio Bixintxo got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Elpidio Bixintxo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Samuel Demicoli read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Angel Di Maria hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Templars FC booed when Sporting de Gijón was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcos-Alberto Rojo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sporting de Gijón's Sergio Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benedict Cumberbatch in the 70th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Templars FC's goalkeeper Samuel Demicoli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Elpidio Bixintxo. The audience was convinced that Kurt Abdilla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sergio Romero was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 82nd minute Elpidio Bixintxo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samuel Demicoli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Celestino Illart hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Sporting de Gijón made a substitution. Bonifacio Oliverio replaced Angel Di Maria. Celestino Illart hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Sergio Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Tagliaferro, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Templars FC's Samuel Demicoli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Bixintxo in the 90th minute of play. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Templars FC's goalkeeper Samuel Demicoli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 94th minute, Elpidio Bixintxo 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.