U23 World League

Juan Román Riquelme
Spectators: 7749 (Terracing: 5813, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Uriel Guillelme started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Urko FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Abelardo Salamon hit a great ball. Tolek Sidorowicz made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Uriel Guillelme sent off a good shot on target. 8 minutes into the match, Czerwone Lwy Podjuchy's goal looked a bit too open when Fulgencio Teofilio came free, but Tolek Sidorowicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 10 played minutes Czerwone Lwy Podjuchy got a freekick which was hit by Ragnar Viking. Tolek Sidorowicz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Uriel Guillelme in the 11th minute. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Czerwone Lwy Podjuchy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Astor Ieltxu was slow to take the kick. During this time Urko FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Astor Ieltxu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tolek Sidorowicz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Rodrigo-Nicolas Massó made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wawrzyniec Balkiewicz in the 20th minute of play. Rodrigo-Nicolas Massó showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gwidon Gardocki in the 22nd minute of the match. 23 minutes into the match, Czerwone Lwy Podjuchy's goal looked a bit too open when Uriel Guillelme came free, but Tolek Sidorowicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute, Fulgencio Teofilio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Urko FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Rodrigo-Nicolas Massó made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ragnar Viking in the 35th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Astor Ieltxu during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 36th minute, Astor Ieltxu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leon Manny kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. In the 40th minute Gwidon Gardocki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodrigo-Nicolas Massó saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Bernardo Boniel hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wawrzyniec Balkiewicz in the 57th minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Rodrigo-Nicolas Massó to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 63 minutes into the match, Urko FC's goal looked a bit too open when Maciej Palzewicz came free, but Rodrigo-Nicolas Massó reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 69 minutes into the game, Abelardo Salamon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Tolek Sidorowicz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rodrigo-Nicolas Massó showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ragnar Viking, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 76th minute, Ragnar Viking ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rodrigo-Nicolas Massó was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. After a rather tough play, Czerwone Lwy Podjuchy's Tanek Dresik got a free kick in the 80th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Czerwone Lwy Podjuchy's zone, Uriel Guillelme stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tolek Sidorowicz came out of the goal and Uriel Guillelme tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Urko FC's Rodrigo-Nicolas Massó proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Urko FC from getting a goal against them. In the 87th minute Uriel Guillelme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolek Sidorowicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the game, Maciej Palzewicz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Czerwone Lwy Podjuchy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Urko FC the free kick. In the 89th minute, Maciej Palzewicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Uriel Guillelme in the 91st minute of play forced Czerwone Lwy Podjuchy's goalkeeper Tolek Sidorowicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Urko FC's Rodrigo-Nicolas Massó proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Urko FC from getting a goal against them. After 95 played minutes Urko FC got a freekick which was hit by Cesar Romo. Urko FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Czerwone Lwy Podjuchy for a fine match.