U21 World League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) The audience was convinced that Nicolas Azubeli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Angelino Raulo was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nicolas Azubeli in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Angelino Raulo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nicolas Azubeli in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Angelino Raulo saved La Zabaleta from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Nicolas Azubeli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Angelino Raulo was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Angelino Raulo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nicolas Azubeli's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. Angelino Raulo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Azubeli, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. El Millo de Haedo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pedro Luís Schmidt in the 21st minute. El Millo de Haedo's Pedro Luís Schmidt was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Angelino Raulo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Luciano Martxot was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 28 minutes into the match. In the 28th minute, one of La Zabaleta:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for La Zabaleta. Angelino Raulo had in the 30thth minute some difficulties stopping Pedro Luís Schmidt's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Nicolas Azubeli had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Angelino Raulo. La Zabaleta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nicolas Azubeli was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nicolas Azubeli in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Angelino Raulo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by La Zabaleta's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pedro Luís Schmidt was slow to take the kick. During this time El Millo de Haedo's players had a chance to rest. Cipriano Miliano struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Angelino Raulo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Millo de Haedo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas Azubeli in the 43rd minute of play forced La Zabaleta's goalkeeper Angelino Raulo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. El Millo de Haedo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pedro Luís Schmidt in the 45th minute. Nicolas Azubeli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angelino Raulo having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nicolas Azubeli in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Angelino Raulo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. El Millo de Haedo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pedro Luís Schmidt in the 49th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Isidro Adrio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Zacarias Herauso hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. La Zabaleta's attentive Fausto Oxel managed to snatch the ball when Pedro Luís Schmidt made a throw-in in the 66th minute of the game. If Cipriano Miliano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nicolas Azubeli who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 69thth minute tested the skills of Angelino Raulo when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nicolas Azubeli in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Angelino Raulo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nicolas Azubeli in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Angelino Raulo saved La Zabaleta from getting behind. Nicolas Azubeli had several of the La Zabaleta's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 80 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 0-4 score and a disappointed Angelino Raulo as he didn't even see the shot coming. Angelino Raulo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nicolas Azubeli's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Nicolas Azubeli kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Angelino Raulo. That made the score 0-6 in the 91 minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in La Zabaleta's zone, Nicolas Azubeli stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Angelino Raulo came out of the goal and Nicolas Azubeli tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match was over El Millo de Haedo could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than La Zabaleta throughout the match.