U23 World League

Virginia Bolten
Spectators: 7772 (Terracing: 5830, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nicolas Irrintzi got the match started through his kick off. Isak Björkdal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Irrintzi, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Arnulfo Ignatius showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikolaj Trac in the 7th minute of the match. In the 10th minute Nicolas Irrintzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isak Björkdal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, Acratas Unidos's goal looked a bit too open when Baldemer Feal came free, but Arnulfo Ignatius reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nicolas Irrintzi in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Isak Björkdal saved TSIGALKO from getting behind. In the 19th minute Nicolas Irrintzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isak Björkdal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute Samim Nevsal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnulfo Ignatius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 29 minutes of play, Acratas Unidos's Baltasar Froylan made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Isak Björkdal was left in no man's land by his defense there! Isak Björkdal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teofilo Lorencio in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute 慕容 复 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnulfo Ignatius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ciro Tello's late challenge caught a TSIGALKO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ciro Tello helped the player get up and apologised. In the 36th match minute, Acratas Unidos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciro Tello to maneuver through the defense. 43 minutes into the match, Acratas Unidos's goal looked a bit too open when Baldemer Feal came free, but Arnulfo Ignatius reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Samim Nevsal hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After 46 played minutes Acratas Unidos got a freekick which was hit by Nicolas Irrintzi. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mikolaj Trac to strike the kick off in the second half. Paolo Nahia hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. Mikolaj Trac was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 51st minute. TSIGALKO's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After 53 played minutes TSIGALKO got a freekick which was hit by Joakim Termander. Isak Björkdal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofilo Lorencio, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. 60 minutes into the match, TSIGALKO's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolas Irrintzi came free, but Isak Björkdal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paolo Nahia in the 63rd minute of play forced TSIGALKO's goalkeeper Isak Björkdal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Isak Björkdal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nicolas Irrintzi went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Arnulfo Ignatius acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 78th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Argoitz Darroja. Isak Björkdal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofilo Lorencio, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baltasar Froylan in the 85th minute of play forced TSIGALKO's goalkeeper Isak Björkdal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Acratas Unidos's goalkeeper Arnulfo Ignatius had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 慕容 复. In the 89th minute, Nicolas Irrintzi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Isak Björkdal was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. For all the effort they put into the match, the TSIGALKO players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Acratas Unidos.