U23 World League

Camp de Mestalla
Spectators: 8471 (Terracing: 6354, Seating: 1948, VIP seats: 169) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jonny Logan got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Samuel Isias got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s goalkeeper Izaak Lopez de Toro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 10th minute Florentin Gougeon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Izaak Lopez de Toro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santiago Cañizares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnoldo Eneto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ booed when Valencia C.F. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tuncay Candeğer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Santiago Cañizares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuel Isias in the 23rd minute of the match. Jonny Logan came free with the goalkeeper in the 30th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Izaak Lopez de Toro could save by the left post. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Izaak Lopez de Toro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florentin Gougeon in the 43rd minute of play. 48 minutes into the match, Valencia C.F.'s goal looked a bit too open when Arnoldo Eneto came free, but Santiago Cañizares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Samuel Isias to make the kick off. When Arnoldo Eneto came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ 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 Arnoldo Eneto couldn't finish the play. When Arnoldo Eneto came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ 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 Arnoldo Eneto couldn't finish the play. Santiago Cañizares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnoldo Eneto in the 66th minute of the match. Ernst Ahlbom's late challenge caught a ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ernst Ahlbom helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ booed when Valencia C.F. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ernst Ahlbom didn't get a good kick on the ball. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ made a substitution. Lucas Colombo replaced Arnoldo Eneto. In the 69th match minute, Valencia C.F. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernst Ahlbom to maneuver through the defense. Jurand Moryl hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. In the 71st minute, ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Lucas Colombo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-1. The throw-in from Leon Errapel in the 74th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Valencia C.F.'s Todd Kidd. Izaak Lopez de Toro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florentin Gougeon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Lucas Colombo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Valencia C.F.'s Santiago Cañizares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucas Colombo in the 85th minute of play. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Valencia C.F.'s goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 90 played minutes Valencia C.F. got a freekick which was hit by Ricardo Arias. Mao Yang Yang might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Santiago Cañizares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mao Yang Yang ran back to his position shaking his head. The Valencia C.F. supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s performance. The match ended with a win for ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫.