U23 World League

Santo Domingo
Spectators: 7688 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Oliviero Zapata started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Chaouki Ben Rau struck a weak shot in the 2nd minute. Dominic Urbina didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Fortín de Floresta. A.D. Alcorcón's Dominic Urbina played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucio Stanislao in the 5th minute of play. Angelo Arenas's late challenge caught a El Fortín de Floresta's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Angelo Arenas helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of El Fortín de Floresta booed when A.D. Alcorcón was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angelo Arenas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 9th minute, Lucio Stanislao left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Fortín de Floresta fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. A collision led to A.D. Alcorcón getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Fortunato Amer hit a great ball. Dominic Urbina showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chaouki Ben Rau in the 23rd minute of the match. Fortunato Amer blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Emiliano Dibusz having to make a save. In the 34th match minute, El Fortín de Floresta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hector Selmo to maneuver through the defense. 37 minutes into the match, A.D. Alcorcón's goal looked a bit too open when Jairo Ioritz came free, but Dominic Urbina reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 39 minutes, Poncio Manrique mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the A.D. Alcorcón and the El Fortín de Floresta players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 40 played minutes A.D. Alcorcón got a freekick which was hit by Poncio Manrique. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chaouki Ben Rau to make the kick off. Hector Selmo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 50th minute. Dominic Urbina tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hector Selmo took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dominic Urbina. Dominic Urbina dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Dominic Urbina showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucio Stanislao in the 56th minute of the match. A collision led to A.D. Alcorcón getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Poncio Manrique hit a great ball. In the 64th minute, El Fortín de Floresta's Hector Selmo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. In the 67thth minute of the game Fortunato Amer who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Fortín de Floresta's Emiliano Dibusz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dominic Urbina was out of position in the 70 minute of play, and Jairo Ioritz capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jairo Ioritz really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. El Fortín de Floresta's Zeledon Gaizko was substituted for Felix Pepillo. Jairo Ioritz received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dominic Urbina came out and tried to block the shot, but Jairo Ioritz slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 78th minute. In the 81st match minute, A.D. Alcorcón was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oliviero Zapata to maneuver through the defense. Dominic Urbina took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jairo Ioritz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 84th minute, El Fortín de Floresta's Chaouki Ben Rau dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucio Stanislao in the 94th minute of play forced A.D. Alcorcón's goalkeeper Dominic Urbina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dominic Urbina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucio Stanislao, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. El Fortín de Floresta's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.