U23 World League

La Posta del Lago
Spectators: 7841 (Terracing: 5882, Seating: 1803, VIP seats: 156) Kobra TEAM's Victor Țepeneag started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the match, C.S.D Punta Ballena's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Țepeneag came free, but Jorrin Artiz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 4 played minutes C.S.D Punta Ballena got a freekick which was hit by Haritz Cullar. C.S.D Punta Ballena's Jorrin Artiz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Țepeneag in the 5th minute of play. Jorrin Artiz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor Țepeneag's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. King King hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. After 12 minutes, Haritz Cullar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the C.S.D Punta Ballena and the Kobra TEAM players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 12th match minute, C.S.D Punta Ballena was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haritz Cullar to maneuver through the defense. C.S.D Punta Ballena's Jorrin Artiz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mugurel Curea in the 13th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mircea Strugure in the 19th minute of play forced C.S.D Punta Ballena's goalkeeper Jorrin Artiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Vito Alsina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rareș Stanomir was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Jorrin Artiz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mircea Strugure's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Kobra TEAM's goal looked a bit too open when Federico Valverde came free, but Rareș Stanomir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Vito Alsina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rareș Stanomir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, C.S.D Punta Ballena's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Țepeneag came free, but Jorrin Artiz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th match minute, Kobra TEAM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by King King to maneuver through the defense. Haritz Cullar kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Qian Wen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Agustín Pirez's late challenge caught a Kobra TEAM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Agustín Pirez helped the player get up and apologised. After 56 played minutes C.S.D Punta Ballena got a freekick which was hit by Agustín Pirez. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vito Alsina during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, C.S.D Punta Ballena's Vito Alsina got a free kick in the 59th minute. Jorrin Artiz was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from King King. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mircea Strugure in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jorrin Artiz saved C.S.D Punta Ballena from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mircea Strugure in the 71st minute of play forced C.S.D Punta Ballena's goalkeeper Jorrin Artiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C.S.D Punta Ballena's Jorrin Artiz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Țepeneag in the 72nd minute of play. Victor Losev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Jorrin Artiz made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Victor Losev got free with Jorrin Artiz in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kobra TEAM's Victor Țepeneag came free and shot a quick shot against goal 83 minutes in the game, fortunately Jorrin Artiz had problems saving as it came toward the left post. In the 86th match minute, C.S.D Punta Ballena was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vito Alsina to maneuver through the defense. C.S.D Punta Ballena made a substitution. Mikel Envito replaced Qian Wen. After a rather tough play, C.S.D Punta Ballena's Vito Alsina got a free kick in the 88th minute. After 93 minutes of play, Kobra TEAM's Victor Losev made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jorrin Artiz was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the final whistle sounded Kobra TEAM left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than C.S.D Punta Ballena.