U23 World League

ARENA ACADÉMICA
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eddie Holm started the match with the kick off. Vladimiro Nafarroa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Eron, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Siro Rainerio took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 5th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Claudio Frasquito. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, ★银河蓝★GalA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Abelardo Ishmael came free, but Vladimiro Nafarroa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sven-Arne Schweinsteiger's late challenge caught a ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sven-Arne Schweinsteiger helped the player get up and apologised. In the 14th match minute, ★银河蓝★GalA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sven-Arne Schweinsteiger to maneuver through the defense. In the 19thth minute of the game Anier Bartoli who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ★银河蓝★GalA FC's Vladimiro Nafarroa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vladimiro Nafarroa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chip Barijho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Claudio Frasquito proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ from getting a goal against them. Vladimiro Nafarroa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chip Barijho's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. Claudio Frasquito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eddie Holm in the 31st minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Paulo Eron ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vladimiro Nafarroa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Cheng Xi Chao fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claudio Frasquito having to interfere. Samuel Toussain blasted a shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Claudio Frasquito having to make a save. The ★银河蓝★GalA FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ were winning 0-1.

In the 50th minute, Filomeno Beltran reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vladimiro Nafarroa. The goal made the score 0-2. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Claudio Frasquito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samuel Toussain in the 55th minute of play. Claudio Frasquito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samuel Toussain in the 56th minute of play. Isaias Frasco hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Claudio Frasquito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eddie Holm, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes into the match, ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s goal looked a bit too open when Wasyl Dobrzechowski came free, but Claudio Frasquito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chip Barijho in the 64th minute of play forced ★银河蓝★GalA FC's goalkeeper Vladimiro Nafarroa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo Ishmael in the 65th minute of play forced ★银河蓝★GalA FC's goalkeeper Vladimiro Nafarroa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the game, ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Chip Barijho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vladimiro Nafarroa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Constantino Jerrold was substituted for Filomeno Beltran. Vladimiro Nafarroa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chip Barijho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Isaias Frasco fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s protests and gave Isaias Frasco a yellow card for diving instead. In the 79th minute, Isaias Frasco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was beautiful to see ★银河蓝★GalA FC's Qin Xiang Chen in action when he in the 80th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Claudio Frasquito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Samuel Toussain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vladimiro Nafarroa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Constantino Jerrold, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vladimiro Nafarroa made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Paulo Eron sent off a good shot on target. Claudio Frasquito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eddie Holm, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. If Eddie Holm had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vladimiro Nafarroa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Ishmael in the 94th minute of the match. The ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.