U23 World League

Parque de los Virgos
Spectators: 8072 (Terracing: 6056, Seating: 1856, VIP seats: 160) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Steve Hyuga kicked off to start the match. Roman Urbes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baldomiro Martxot, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. The audience was convinced that Celedonio Teofilio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roman Urbes was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. After 10 minutes of play, Celta de Virgos's Arnoldo Florian made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jesus Farias was left in no man's land by his defense there! Roman Urbes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benicio Bastiaro in the 15th minute of the match. Defensores del Tiki Tiki's Celedonio Teofilio got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Steve Hyuga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roman Urbes was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. After 26 played minutes Defensores del Tiki Tiki got a freekick which was hit by Celedonio Teofilio. Roman Urbes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Steve Hyuga in the 29th minute of the match. Roman Urbes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celedonio Teofilio in the 38th minute of play. When Defensores del Tiki Tiki's Steve Hyuga in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Celta de Virgos's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baldomiro Martxot in the 45th minute of play forced Celta de Virgos's goalkeeper Roman Urbes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arnoldo Florian was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Celestino Fero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute Casimiro Leizarraga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jesus Farias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Celta de Virgos's Filiberto Frantzes was substituted for Antonio Madeo. The audience thought a goal was coming when Baldomiro Martxot got free with Roman Urbes in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 64 minutes into the match, Celta de Virgos's goal looked a bit too open when Celedonio Teofilio came free, but Roman Urbes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Arnoldo Florian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With his leg Roman Urbes managed to avoid a goal in the 72ndth minute, when Defensores del Tiki Tiki's Baldomiro Martxot fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Celestino Fero hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. In the 80th minute, Casimiro Leizarraga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabricio Lon made in the 83rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Steve Hyuga immediately put the ball in play. Steve Hyuga kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Fabricio Lon got a throw-in 88 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Steve Hyuga.