U21 World League

White Hart Lane
Spectators: 7754 (Terracing: 5817, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ged Pope started the match with the kick off. Dan Radcliffe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jairo Izotz, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 4th minute, Jairo Izotz made a precise shot to the right of Dan Radcliffe. T H F C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Jairo Izotz scored 0-3 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dan Radcliffe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dan Radcliffe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jairo Izotz, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Reuben Howarth kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Dan Radcliffe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Primitivo Shantala, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dan Radcliffe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Erruki in the 18th minute of the match. Dan Radcliffe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo Erruki, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. After 21 minutes of play, Cavallino Rampante II's Gustavo Erruki made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dan Radcliffe was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in T H F C's zone, Jairo Izotz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dan Radcliffe came out of the goal and Jairo Izotz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 32 played minutes Cavallino Rampante II got a freekick which was hit by Horacio Lapurdi. In the 34th minute, Primitivo Shantala ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dan Radcliffe was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Jairo Izotz put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Dan Radcliffe. In the 44th minute, Primitivo Shantala made a precise shot to the right of Dan Radcliffe. T H F C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. Disappointed in the 0-8 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jairo Izotz was the one to do the kick off. Dan Radcliffe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jairo Izotz in the 52nd minute of play. In the 53rd minute of the match Cavallino Rampante II got a corner. T H F C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Abelardo Tello ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of T H F C's goalie and right to Jairo Izotz. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. T H F C's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Abelardo Tello received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Dan Radcliffe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 59 minutes, the score became 0-9 when Jairo Izotz sped through T H F C's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dan Radcliffe. Gustavo Erruki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. T H F C's Dan Radcliffe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jairo Izotz in the 67th minute of play. Dan Radcliffe stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jairo Izotz's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. Jairo Izotz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cavallino Rampante II's Tomas Corderro was substituted for Filomeno Ignatius. Jairo Izotz had several of the T H F C's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 74 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-10 score and a disappointed Dan Radcliffe as he didn't even see the shot coming. 78 minutes into the match, T H F C's goalkeeper Dan Radcliffe had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gustavo Erruki. T H F C's Dan Radcliffe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save T H F C from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jairo Izotz in the 82nd minute of play forced T H F C's goalkeeper Dan Radcliffe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 84th minute, Cavallino Rampante II's Jairo Izotz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-11. In the 90th minute Gustavo Erruki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Radcliffe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Primitivo Shantala fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cavallino Rampante II's protests and gave Primitivo Shantala a yellow card for diving instead. Primitivo Shantala hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. When the match was over Cavallino Rampante II could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than T H F C throughout the match.