U23 World League

Villa Blanca
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Frisco Bueno got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute Frisco Bueno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Didier Schollens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 7 minutes into the match, Cezary Owsiak notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of C.A. Husky's Felip Etxeberria. Felip Etxeberria was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Didier Schollens made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mustafá Garzon in the 11th minute. In the 16th minute, Frisco Bueno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 18thth minute of the game Alexander Van Hautvinck who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C.A. Husky's Felip Etxeberria was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 19th match minute, C.A. Husky was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thiago Cardeñosa to maneuver through the defense. When Alpina FC's Dirk Damman in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye C.A. Husky's goalie prevented a goal. Mustafá Garzon charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mustafá Garzon the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 26 played minutes C.A. Husky got a freekick which was hit by Mustafá Garzon. After 27 minutes, Moreno Torricelli mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alpina FC and the C.A. Husky players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 27th match minute, Alpina FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Moreno Torricelli to maneuver through the defense. Hermenegildo Castilho scored 0-2 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Felip Etxeberria, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Anko Montero charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anko Montero the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to C.A. Husky getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Anko Montero hit a great ball. Felip Etxeberria didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Alpina FC's Hermenegildo Castilho shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Felip Etxeberria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexander Van Hautvinck in the 42nd minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hermenegildo Castilho to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Alpina FC's Dirk Damman slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Felip Etxeberria. That made the score 0-4 after 51 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermenegildo Castilho in the 54th minute of play forced C.A. Husky's goalkeeper Felip Etxeberria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C.A. Husky's Felip Etxeberria played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexander Van Hautvinck in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th match minute, Alpina FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexander Van Hautvinck to maneuver through the defense. Felip Etxeberria made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Dirk Damman sent off a good shot on target. Didier Schollens came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by C.A. Husky's Che Camacho. But to his dismay, Che Camacho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Felip Etxeberria had in the 72ndth minute some difficulties stopping Bastian Vercasteren's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Didier Schollens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antxo Vidal, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Felip Etxeberria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hermenegildo Castilho in the 78th minute of play. Alfons Van Mellaert took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Felip Etxeberria. Felip Etxeberria dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. Felip Etxeberria made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexander Van Hautvinck in the 84th minute. After 85 played minutes C.A. Husky got a freekick which was hit by Ekaitz Leal. Alpina FC's Daniel Alves was substituted for Babacar Sylla. A collision led to C.A. Husky getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Ekaitz Leal hit a great ball. With a little luck, C.A. Husky's Felip Etxeberria got control of the ball when Alfons Van Mellaert tried to sneak it across the goal line. Didier Schollens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frisco Bueno in the 89th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Cezary Owsiak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 96 minutes into the game, Alexander Van Hautvinck recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Felip Etxeberria. Alexander Van Hautvinck showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-6. When the match was over Alpina FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than C.A. Husky throughout the match.