U21 World League

Melbourne Park
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mateo Abechuco got the match started through his kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Augusto Jaunzuria during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Majadita FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Augusto Jaunzuria hit a great ball. Burhanettin Utman's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 6thth minute, Daniel Benvido skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. A collision led to Majadita FC getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Martin Fero hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Burhanettin Utman in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Daniel Benvido saved Majadita FC from getting behind. Brendan Rennie could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Daniel Benvido made a huge save. In the 19th minute Burhanettin Utman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Benvido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st minute, Mateo Abechuco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Majadita FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Blade King fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Daniel Benvido having to interfere. In the 28th minute, Martin Fero 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. The audience was convinced that Brendan Rennie's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Daniel Benvido was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Agustin Orlondon kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Daniel Benvido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Burhanettin Utman in the 37th minute of the match. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Melbourne 007's goalkeeper Thomas Diehl, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Daniel Benvido took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Blade King, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes into the game, Melbourne 007's Burhanettin Utman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Daniel Benvido made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Burhanettin Utman to strike the kick off in the second half. Melbourne 007's Thomas Diehl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mateo Abechuco in the 54th minute of play. Agustin Orlondon scored 2-2 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thomas Diehl, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Majadita FC's Gerardo Urti was substituted for Augusto Jaunzuria. Thanks to some nice moves Salvador Qwinton could shoot a difficult shot in the 60th minute, which Thomas Diehl however easily saved by the left post. Melbourne 007's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Agustin Orlondon 61 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-3. If Blade King had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 68 minutes, Fernando Rioja mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Majadita FC and the Melbourne 007 players grew even worse after the yellow card. Daniel Benvido showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Burhanettin Utman, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 84th minute Blade King shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Benvido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 3-3 when Burhanettin Utman sped through Majadita FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Daniel Benvido. Daniel Benvido made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Burhanettin Utman in the 90th minute of play. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.