U23 World League

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Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Reynaldo Gilen kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, UFC STEAUA's Hermengildo Jobo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s Victor Pasqual played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nelson Mendoza in the 6th minute of play. João Massa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Nesto in the 8th minute of play. When Reynaldo Gilen came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Reynaldo Gilen couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reynaldo Gilen in the 11th minute of play forced UFC STEAUA's goalkeeper João Massa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 13 minutes into the match, ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s goal looked a bit too open when Nelson Mendoza came free, but Victor Pasqual reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hermengildo Jobo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 16th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Victor Pasqual. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as UFC STEAUA's Nelson Mendoza slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Victor Pasqual. That made the score 2-0 after 21 minutes of play. After 23 played minutes UFC STEAUA got a freekick which was hit by Isaac Guipuzkoa. UFC STEAUA's João Massa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Nesto in the 24th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s Jonathan Ellande got a free kick in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute, Hermengildo Jobo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The UFC STEAUA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nelson Mendoza in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Victor Pasqual prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Nesto in the 33rd minute of play forced UFC STEAUA's goalkeeper João Massa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victor Pasqual made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nelson Mendoza in the 41st minute of play. In the 46th minute, UFC STEAUA's Hermengildo Jobo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Victor Pasqual. Victor Pasqual yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 5-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hermengildo Jobo to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s goal looked a bit too open when Hermengildo Jobo came free, but Victor Pasqual reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victor Pasqual came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by UFC STEAUA's Gigel Seremet. But to his dismay, Gigel Seremet quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Nelson Mendoza scored 7-0 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Victor Pasqual, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 许悦远 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Victor Pasqual took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hermengildo Jobo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind UFC STEAUA's goalkeeper João Massa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gonzalo Abancens in the 67th minute. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s Gonzalo Abancens was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but João Massa in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Victor Pasqual showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermengildo Jobo, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Nelson Mendoza took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Victor Pasqual. Victor Pasqual dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. Victor Pasqual came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by UFC STEAUA's Nelson Mendoza. But to his dismay, Nelson Mendoza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Hermengildo Jobo put it in 10-0 from a short distance just to the right of Victor Pasqual. Jonathan Ellande hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rafet Faydalı in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Victor Pasqual saved ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰ from getting behind. 89 minutes into the match, Hermengildo Jobo notched a goal, 11-0, to the right of ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s Victor Pasqual. Victor Pasqual was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 94th minute Gigel Seremet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Pasqual saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 96th minute, Hermengildo Jobo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Victor Pasqual was frozen by the shot and now it was 12-0. UFC STEAUA's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.