U21 World League

Peggy Arena
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Santiago Frisco got the match started through his kick off. If Daniel Školník had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomáš Urbančík received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Denis Dubardo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 12 minutes into the match, Czechia Hradec Králové's Tomáš Urbančík sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Denis Dubardo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 18 minutes into the match, Nacho Scocco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bonito Marschall. Czechia Hradec Králové's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nacho Scocco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After some careless play in the Vilma Palma defense, Daniel Školník kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Denis Dubardo. The Vilma Palma fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Denis Dubardo should have stopped the shot. After 28 minutes, Daniel Školník mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Czechia Hradec Králové and the Vilma Palma players grew even worse after the yellow card. 29 minutes into the match, Czechia Hradec Králové's goal looked a bit too open when Nacho Scocco came free, but Bonito Marschall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Santiago Frisco came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Vilma Palma 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 Santiago Frisco couldn't finish the play. Santiago Frisco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Bonito Marschall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bonito Marschall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Frisco in the 35th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Santiago Frisco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bonito Marschall was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. If Mats Nyman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The attack was good, but when Mauro Cesario in the 39th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Jaroslav Strnad hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Školník made a kick off. Santiago Friscos short, quick shot in the 56thth minute got Bonito Marschall to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. A collision led to Czechia Hradec Králové getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Patrik Svárovský hit a great ball. Santiago Frisco's late challenge caught a Czechia Hradec Králové's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santiago Frisco helped the player get up and apologised. Santiago Frisco kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Daniel Školník scored 2-2 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Denis Dubardo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Tomáš Urbančík had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Daniel Školník sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tomáš Urbančík scored 3-2 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Denis Dubardo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tomáš Urbančík's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Denis Dubardo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 96th minute of play. Vilma Palma were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Czechia Hradec Králové to leave the ground with a draw.