U23 World League

Estadio Gastres
Spectators: 7692 (Terracing: 5770, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roberto Chesus got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Marcelino Haimar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gastres FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dep. Rengo y Ricota F. C the free kick. Amador Iratxo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Chesus in the 6th minute of play. Nicasio Gabirel kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristo Leocadio in the 8th minute of play forced Dep. Rengo y Ricota F. C's goalkeeper Zhuang Jun Di to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dep. Rengo y Ricota F. C's Zhuang Jun Di proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Dep. Rengo y Ricota F. C from getting a goal against them. Aurelio Baladi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Zhuang Jun Di tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Amador Iratxo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roberto Chesus in the 13th minute of the match. Amador Iratxo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roberto Chesus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zhuang Jun Di came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by Gastres FC's Aurelio Baladi. But to his dismay, Aurelio Baladi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Roberto Chesus received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Amador Iratxo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gastres FC's Amador Iratxo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Chesus in the 26th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Denis Quinteros during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Denis Quinteros hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Hugo Lain kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zhuang Jun Di. That made the score 2-0 in the 35 minute of play. If Nicasio Gabirel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Amador Iratxo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roberto Chesus in the 45th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cristo Leocadio was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Aurelio Baladi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zhuang Jun Di was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. With a little luck, Gastres FC's Amador Iratxo got control of the ball when Cristian Koldobika tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Dep. Rengo y Ricota F. C's Rolando Bermudez got a free kick in the 56th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cristo Leocadio in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zhuang Jun Di prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 60th minute of the match Gastres FC got a corner. Dep. Rengo y Ricota F. C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Hugo Lain ran over to the corner to take the kick. Zhuang Jun Di came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Gastres FC's Cristo Leocadio. But to his dismay, Cristo Leocadio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Cristo Leocadio hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. 80 minutes into the match, Cristian Koldobika dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Amador Iratxo, 3-1. In the 90th minute Segundo Bortzaioriz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhuang Jun Di saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 94thth minute of the game Raul Fresco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dep. Rengo y Ricota F. C's Zhuang Jun Di was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 96th minute Nicasio Gabirel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amador Iratxo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dep. Rengo y Ricota F. C's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.