U21 World League

El Sacro Estadio
Spectators: 8410 (Terracing: 6308, Seating: 1934, VIP seats: 168) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when René Houseman got the match started through his kick off. Junior Tompkins kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th minute Luis Suárez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jack Gates saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A nice corner shot did that René Houseman got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jack Gates quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Deon Bye in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristian Lorien saved Sacro Balompié from getting behind. 10 minutes into the match, Sacro Balompié's goal looked a bit too open when Brett Harper came free, but Cristian Lorien reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristian Lorien took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brett Harper, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by René Houseman in the 18th minute of play forced Greenbay's goalkeeper Jack Gates to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute Sacro Balompié were awarded a corner. René Houseman went to the cornerflag to take it. Cristian Lorien made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tyler Morton in the 22nd minute of play. If Deon Bye had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 28 minutes into the match, Brett Harper notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Sacro Balompié's Cristian Lorien. Cristian Lorien was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Greenbay's Jack Gates played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by René Houseman in the 31st minute of play. 33 minutes in the game Anselmo Lugo did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Florentino Criston. René Houseman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Jack Gates made a huge save. In the 42nd minute Sacro Balompié were awarded a corner. René Houseman went to the cornerflag to take it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling René Houseman in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jack Gates prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Cristian Lorien took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tyler Morton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Deon Bye made a kick off. Cristian Lorien took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tyler Morton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 55 minutes into the match, Greenbay's goal looked a bit too open when Iker Shepherd came free, but Jack Gates reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute René Houseman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jack Gates saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60thth minute of the game Deon Bye who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sacro Balompié's Cristian Lorien was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sacro Balompié's Ruben Eutropio was substituted for Anselmo Lugo. Sacro Balompié made a substitution. Fernando Oro replaced René Houseman. Sacro Balompié's Dalmacio Naldo was substituted for Cristo Miro. Greenbay's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ronny Hurren in the 62nd minute. Greenbay's Ronny Hurren was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Cristian Lorien in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Deon Bye did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-2 to the left of a surprised Cristian Lorien 67 minutes into the match. After 73 played minutes, Greenbay's Ronny Hurren shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Cristian Lorien came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Greenbay reached it. Jack Gates made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iker Shepherd in the 77th minute of play. Cristian Lorien took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brett Harper, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 83rd minute of the match, Brett Harper tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Cristian Lorien saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Deon Bye might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cristian Lorien. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Deon Bye ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deon Bye in the 88th minute of play forced Sacro Balompié's goalkeeper Cristian Lorien to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Lorien showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deon Bye in the 92nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Fernando Oro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jack Gates was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. In the 96th minute Dalmacio Naldo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jack Gates saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Greenbay walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.