U21 World League

Boothferry Park
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) After a rather tough play, CD Municipal's Palle Tazon got a free kick in the 3rd minute. The supporters of CD Municipal booed when The Tigers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rio Blewitt didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 5th minute, Ermengol Cabrales ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zak Lloyd was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The Tigers's Zak Lloyd played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Palle Tazon in the 8th minute of play. The corner ended in Cedro Villaelrriego almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but The Tigers's Zak Lloyd did a great save. 14 minutes into the match, CD Municipal's goalkeeper Sagrario Paniagua had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hayden Moore. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lapurdi Collazo in the 16th minute of play forced The Tigers's goalkeeper Zak Lloyd to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. CD Municipal's Sagrario Paniagua proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save CD Municipal from getting a goal against them. Sagrario Paniagua was a little too slow when Hayden Moore got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 22nd minute. The score was now 1-1. Tyrone Meehan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sagrario Paniagua having to interfere. When The Tigers's Tyrone Meehan in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye CD Municipal's goalie prevented a goal. Camron Collier took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sagrario Paniagua. Sagrario Paniagua dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sid Francis during the 38th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Palle Tazon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Zak Lloyd tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Ermengol Cabrales left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CD Municipal fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ermengol Cabrales to strike the kick off in the second half. Sagrario Paniagua showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tyrone Meehan, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. After 64 played minutes CD Municipal got a freekick which was hit by Palle Tazon. Hayden Moore scored 3-2 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sagrario Paniagua, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ermengol Cabrales was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 71st minute. CD Municipal's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Zak Lloyd showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ermengol Cabrales, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. In the 78th minute, Pepe Saron hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zak Lloyd made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Lapurdi Collazo sent off a good shot on target. 87 minutes into the match, Palle Tazon dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Zak Lloyd, 3-3. The Tigers were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.