U23 World League

Valinor
Spectators: 7623 (Terracing: 5700, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Deportivo Mandiyu's Eulalio Bastian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zacarias Hermo in the 5th minute of play. Alejandro Jerano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Palacios, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Kalessin's Alejandro Jerano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Palacios in the 12th minute of play. Alejandro Jerano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhu Bin Kun in the 15th minute of the match. Alejandro Jerano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhu Bin Kun, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Alejandro Jerano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodrigo Palacios in the 23rd minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Deportivo Mandiyu's goal looked a bit too open when Bram Bosman came free, but Eulalio Bastian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alejandro Jerano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Palacios, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 29th minute, Kalessin's Ali Moussaoui seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ali Moussaoui the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Kalessin protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ali Moussaoui had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The supporters of Deportivo Mandiyu booed when Kalessin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ali Moussaoui didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kalessin's Alejandro Jerano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Palacios in the 30th minute of play. Alejandro Jerano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zhu Bin Kun's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. Deportivo Mandiyu's Eulalio Bastian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Deportivo Mandiyu from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Mandiyu's Adrián Guillermo got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Alejandro Jerano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zhu Bin Kun's shot from short distance in the 48th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

In the 51st minute, Deportivo Mandiyu's Zhu Bin Kun 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 audience thought a goal was coming when Rodrigo Palacios got free with Alejandro Jerano in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alejandro Jerano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhu Bin Kun in the 60th minute of play. Alejandro Jerano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodrigo Palacios in the 62nd minute of play. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kalessin's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rodrigo Palacios was slow to take the kick. During this time Deportivo Mandiyu's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Adrián Guillermo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alejandro Jerano quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 66th minute Bram Bosman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eulalio Bastian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kalessin were awarded a corner in the 68th minute after Deportivo Mandiyu's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gonzalo Regis took the corner. Gonzalo Regis made a great header on Kalessin's corner, it was just that Deportivo Mandiyu's Eulalio Bastian managed to reach the ball for a save. Deportivo Mandiyu's Florian Petruzzi got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Deportivo Mandiyu's Rayan MacQueen was substituted for Bonifacio Mikelar. Roberto Cherro came free with the goalkeeper in the 79th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Alejandro Jerano could save by the left post. With a little luck, Kalessin's Alejandro Jerano got control of the ball when Roberto Cherro tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 85th minute of the match, Roberto Cherro got a very nice opportunity to score, but Alejandro Jerano was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Alejandro Jerano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roberto Cherro in the 88th minute of the match. Jonas Koldobika hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. 1-1 came in the 91st minute when Gonzalo Regis all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Eulalio Bastian. The crowd rose to their feet as Roberto Cherro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alejandro Jerano. That made the score 1-2 in the 94 minute of play. The Kalessin supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Deportivo Mandiyu's performance. The match ended with a win for Deportivo Mandiyu.