U23 World League

La Visera
Spectators: 7686 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Defensores del Albinegro's Li Sha Yuan got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jorge Elorri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Cornelio Merexildo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cecilio Uxio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Li Sha Yuan in the 13th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pastor Lixandro got free with Cecilio Uxio in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cornelio Merexildo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angelo Romildo in the 17th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, PLUMIN's Tomás Gilabert got a free kick in the 18th minute. Defensores del Albinegro's Pastor Lixandro managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Octavio Deunoro in the 22 minute of the game. The supporters of PLUMIN booed when Defensores del Albinegro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pastor Lixandro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cecilio Uxio made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Li Sha Yuan sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of PLUMIN booed when Defensores del Albinegro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maximo Aritza didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximo Aritza in the 29th minute of play forced PLUMIN's goalkeeper Cecilio Uxio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pastor Lixandro got free with Cecilio Uxio in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Li Sha Yuan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Cecilio Uxio made a huge save. Cecilio Uxio made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Li Sha Yuan sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Defensores del Albinegro's Maximo Aritza got a free kick in the 38th minute. Saturnino Diagur charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Saturnino Diagur the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Defensores del Albinegro's Cornelio Merexildo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Octavio Deunoro in the 43rd minute of play. In the 46th match minute, PLUMIN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carmelo Astrada to maneuver through the defense. 47 minutes into the match, PLUMIN's goal looked a bit too open when Lorenzo Lluterio came free, but Cecilio Uxio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 49 minutes PLUMIN's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marz Caracedo who took care of the corner kick. Marz Caracedo made a great header on Defensores del Albinegro's corner, it was just that PLUMIN's Cecilio Uxio managed to reach the ball for a save. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Maximo Aritza to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the game, Defensores del Albinegro's Lorenzo Lluterio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cecilio Uxio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 60 minutes into the match, PLUMIN's goal looked a bit too open when Li Sha Yuan came free, but Cecilio Uxio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to PLUMIN getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Angelo Romildo hit a great ball. After 70 minutes of play, Defensores del Albinegro's Gecel Silva made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cecilio Uxio was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 73 played minutes PLUMIN got a freekick which was hit by Nistor Hrean. Francisco Luzea lost his temper 81 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Francisco Luzea hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. If Oberst-Wilhelm Jääskeläinen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. PLUMIN's Cecilio Uxio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Li Sha Yuan in the 87th minute of play. Cecilio Uxio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lorenzo Lluterio in the 89th minute of the match. Cecilio Uxio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gecel Silva in the 91st minute of the match. Cecilio Uxio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Li Sha Yuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Defensores del Albinegro's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.