U23 World League

Raúl -Chupa- Riveros
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Salvadore Abaunza started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes, Tiburcio Vergaray mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Capioviciño and the Kalatakaya F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tiburcio Vergaray kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Jano França didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Salvadore Abaunza went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. After 13 minutes, Gabriel Valverde mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kalatakaya F.C. and the Capioviciño players grew even worse after the yellow card. 17 minutes into the match, Capioviciño's goalkeeper Jano França had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Haroldo Abenda. After 18 played minutes Capioviciño got a freekick which was hit by Esteve Nastasio. In the 22nd minute, Kalatakaya F.C.'s Américo Díaz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. In the 24th minute Salvadore Abaunza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jano França saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jano França didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Salvadore Abaunza went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 32nd match minute, Capioviciño was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Esteve Nastasio to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Salvadore Abaunza got free with Jano França in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Esteve Nastasio hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. In the 37th match minute, Capioviciño was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Txurio to maneuver through the defense. After 39 minutes of play, Capioviciño's Cristian Quintan made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Daniel Vaca was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 44th minute, Cristian Quintan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Capioviciño fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-2 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cristian Quintan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Capioviciño's Esteve Nastasio slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Daniel Vaca. That made the score 3-3 after 55 minutes of play. In the 59th minute Salvadore Abaunza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jano França saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Salvadore Abaunza notched a goal, 4-3, to the right of Capioviciño's Jano França. Jano França was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the Capioviciño defense, Salvadore Abaunza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jano França. The Capioviciño fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jano França should have stopped the shot. Cristian Quintan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Daniel Vaca made a huge save. A collision led to Kalatakaya F.C. getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Diego Wayar hit a great ball. After 80 played minutes Kalatakaya F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Sergio Jauregui. Capioviciño's Esteve Nastasio shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 81st minute of play. The shot was stopped by Daniel Vaca but with some difficulty. Jano França took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Haroldo Abenda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jano França showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Salvadore Abaunza in the 85th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Capioviciño's zone, Salvadore Abaunza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jano França came out of the goal and Salvadore Abaunza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 88th minute Salvadore Abaunza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jano França saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Salvadore Abaunza might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jano França. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Salvadore Abaunza ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salvadore Abaunza in the 90th minute of play forced Capioviciño's goalkeeper Jano França to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 94 minutes, the score became 6-3 when Salvadore Abaunza sped through Capioviciño's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jano França. After 96 played minutes Capioviciño got a freekick which was hit by Esteve Nastasio. There was no doubt that Kalatakaya F.C. were the better team. Kalatakaya F.C.'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.