U23 World League

Joestar Colosseum
Spectators: 7746 (Terracing: 5811, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Astor Lleir kicked off to start the match. Ricardo Rodas's late challenge caught a ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ricardo Rodas helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ booed when the xeneise dream team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardo Rodas didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Giovanni Giorno hit a great ball. Zernin Mendivil could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Leopoldo Txema made a huge save. After a rather tough play, the xeneise dream team's Astor Lleir got a free kick in the 26th minute. Zernin Mendivil could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Leopoldo Txema made a huge save. Ciro Aguilera struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Leopoldo Txema didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦. Juan José López kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Martino Armenta kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. In the 41stth minute of the game Astor Lleir who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Edgardo Fuica was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Zernin Mendivil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Leopoldo Txema tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edgardo Fuica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angel Lico, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Leopoldo Txema took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zernin Mendivil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Edgardo Fuica proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ from getting a goal against them. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Xavion Zeppeli was substituted for Giovanni Giorno. After 62 minutes ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Celestino Barbosa who took care of the corner kick. The supporters of ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ booed when the xeneise dream team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Astor Lleir didn't get a good kick on the ball. 75 minutes into the game, Celestino Barbosa recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Edgardo Fuica. Celestino Barbosa showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-2. Ciro Aguilera fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leopoldo Txema having to interfere. the xeneise dream team's Leopoldo Txema played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthew Murguia in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matthew Murguia in the 81st minute of play forced the xeneise dream team's goalkeeper Leopoldo Txema to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 82 minutes into the game, when Urti Asturiano put in a rough tackle. In the 82nd minute, one of ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦. Edgardo Fuica took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aureliano Paz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of the xeneise dream team booed when ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juan José López didn't get a good kick on the ball. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Edgardo Fuica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Rodas in the 93rd minute of play. In the 94th minute Ciro Aguilera shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leopoldo Txema saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. the xeneise dream team's Leopoldo Txema played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciro Aguilera in the 94th minute of play. Leopoldo Txema made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciro Aguilera in the 98th minute of play. the xeneise dream team played a much better game than ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ and deserved their victory. The ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.