U21 World League

Estadio Copina
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jacinto Egoitz got the match started through his kick off. 6 minutes into the game, Jonathan Veronica cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Jeremias Bidari was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Angelo Lluc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jacinto Egoitz in the 10th minute. Jairo Fraco struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Angelo Lluc didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gorancielo. When Romulo Lizar fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Les Tigres's protests and gave Romulo Lizar a yellow card for diving instead. Romulo Lizar kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. The supporters of Gorancielo booed when Les Tigres was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Santos Rojas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Widhie Sungkono charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Widhie Sungkono the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Les Tigres booed when Gorancielo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Widhie Sungkono didn't get a good kick on the ball. Santos Rojas hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Angelo Lluc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Humberto Roldanillo in the 33rd minute. When Jairo Fraco came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Gorancielo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jairo Fraco couldn't finish the play. Jonathan Veronica fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jeremias Bidari having to interfere. Jairo Fraco hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Jeremias Bidari took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Veronica, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute Jonathan Veronica shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Bidari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jonathan Veronica to make the kick off. In the 50th minute, Les Tigres's Jonathan Veronica dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. 54 minutes into the match, Les Tigres's goal looked a bit too open when Humberto Roldanillo came free, but Angelo Lluc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 61st minute, Damian Rojas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Les Tigres fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Jonathan Veronica received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jeremias Bidari came out and tried to block the shot, but Jonathan Veronica slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 64th minute. Widhie Sungkono made in the 71st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Blas Bide immediately put the ball in play. Blas Bide received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Angelo Lluc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Veronica in the 79th minute of play forced Gorancielo's goalkeeper Jeremias Bidari to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Gorancielo's goalkeeper Jeremias Bidari, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 90 minutes Gorancielo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Moises Rojas who took care of the corner kick. The Les Tigres players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.