U23 World League

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) In the 5th minute Segio Romillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ralondo Barboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 7 minutes of play, Kaiser!'s Segio Romillo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ralondo Barboa was left in no man's land by his defense there! After taking down the ball on Kaiser!'s corner Zenon Okopny fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ralondo Barboa quite easily take care of the ball. After a rather tough play, AFC Viola Gigliati's Rolado Rosell got a free kick in the 14th minute. After 17 played minutes AFC Viola Gigliati got a freekick which was hit by Rolado Rosell. 19 minutes into the game, Atila Cabezon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Ralondo Barboa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Atila Cabezon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ralondo Barboa having to interfere. 23 minutes into the match, AFC Viola Gigliati's goal looked a bit too open when Mellington Cartagena came free, but Ralondo Barboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Atila Cabezon in the 26th minute of play forced AFC Viola Gigliati's goalkeeper Ralondo Barboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute Mellington Cartagena shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ralondo Barboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, AFC Viola Gigliati's Garin Candina got a free kick in the 27th minute. Ralondo Barboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Atila Cabezon, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. If Segio Romillo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ralondo Barboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Segio Romillo in the 35th minute of the match. Kaiser! were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after AFC Viola Gigliati's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Zenon Okopny took the corner. Kaiser!'s King Køng proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Kaiser! from getting a goal against them. Samuel Horduña sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 48th minute, Samuel Horduña managed to get in a good position for a shot. AFC Viola Gigliati's supporters rose to their feet, but Samuel Horduña was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. King Køng breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mellington Cartagena was the one to do the kick off. Ralondo Barboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Segio Romillo in the 53rd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, AFC Viola Gigliati's goal looked a bit too open when Atila Cabezon came free, but Ralondo Barboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Atila Cabezon could shoot a difficult shot in the 56th minute, which Ralondo Barboa however easily saved by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Atila Cabezon got free with Ralondo Barboa in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 61 played minutes Kaiser! got a freekick which was hit by Atila Cabezon. In the 62nd minute, Atila Cabezon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Segio Romillo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bulut Bulutelli scored 0-3 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ralondo Barboa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 72 minutes into the match, Bulut Bulutelli notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of AFC Viola Gigliati's Ralondo Barboa. Ralondo Barboa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of AFC Viola Gigliati booed when Kaiser! was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vasco Belo didn't get a good kick on the ball. AFC Viola Gigliati's Frutos Sator suffered a sore thigh after 84 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Atila Cabezon charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Atila Cabezon the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. AFC Viola Gigliati made a substitution. Santio Marco replaced Frutos Sator. Atila Cabezon hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match.