U23 World League

Estadio Trompul
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adolfo Ramone kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Futuros FC booed when Black Sails was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulino Mendebal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joel Gil succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 11th playminute. Futuros FC's Rafa Nóbrega proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Futuros FC from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Black Sails getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Cristian Beltza hit a great ball. Norberto Heriberto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaldo Salgado in the 16th minute of the match. Rafa Nóbrega made an important save on a dangerous shot by Narciso Egun in the 20th minute. Cícero Araújo kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. After 23 minutes, Edson Sousa made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Black Sails's Norberto Heriberto tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Adilson Toledo kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. In the 27th match minute, Futuros FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomás Marques to maneuver through the defense. In the 27th minute of the match Joel Gil sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rafa Nóbrega skillfully saved the ball. A collision led to Black Sails getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Paulino Mendebal hit a great ball. Black Sails's Norberto Heriberto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nilton Lara in the 35th minute of play. Edson Sousa hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Futuros FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Arnaldo Millan 43 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-1. Edson Sousa hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arnaldo Salgado made a kick off. Rafa Nóbrega took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Poz in the 51st minute of play forced Futuros FC's goalkeeper Rafa Nóbrega to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Norberto Heriberto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arnaldo Salgado's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. Norberto Heriberto was out of position in the 55 minute of play, and Arnaldo Salgado capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Arnaldo Salgado really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. 58 minutes into the match, Futuros FC's goal looked a bit too open when Adolfo Ramone came free, but Rafa Nóbrega reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adilson Toledo kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Rafa Nóbrega made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adolfo Ramone in the 61st minute of play. Futuros FC's Rafa Nóbrega played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gil in the 62nd minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Futuros FC's goal looked a bit too open when Narciso Egun came free, but Rafa Nóbrega reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th match minute, Futuros FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cícero Araújo to maneuver through the defense. Black Sails's Joel Gil took a good shot, in the 69th minute, which hit the crossbar above Rafa Nóbrega's head, and flew over the goal. Futuros FC's manager was very thankful on the sidelines as his team had managed to keep the ball out of the net after some serious pressure by Black Sails. Rafa Nóbrega came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Black Sails's Adolfo Ramone. But to his dismay, Adolfo Ramone quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Futuros FC's Rafa Nóbrega played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Narciso Egun in the 76th minute of play. Rafa Nóbrega made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodrigo Berriotxoa in the 78th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Futuros FC's goal looked a bit too open when Adolfo Ramone came free, but Rafa Nóbrega reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute Adolfo Ramone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafa Nóbrega saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Futuros FC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Tomás Marques hit a great ball. 86 minutes into the match, Futuros FC's goal looked a bit too open when Adolfo Ramone came free, but Rafa Nóbrega reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Narciso Egun took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rafa Nóbrega. Rafa Nóbrega dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. Rafa Nóbrega didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Narciso Egun went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-2 was the resulting score. When the referee ended the match the Black Sails players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.