U23 World League

Mancini Arena
Spectators: 7746 (Terracing: 5811, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lembit Nurmela started the match with the kick off. Dagoberto Escobar was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 4th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 6 minutes into the game, Marti Hull cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Elvis Ribeiro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Uudo Vähe hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Romeo Rienda might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Elar Villems. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Romeo Rienda ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 19th minute, Ebardo Acha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dagoberto Escobar hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. When Kalle Käbin came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Vila fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Kalle Käbin couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lembit Nurmela in the 24th minute of play forced U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Elvis Ribeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Neto Diaz hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Elvis Ribeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kalle Käbin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U.D. Mancini's Elvis Ribeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lembit Nurmela in the 29th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marti Hull in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Elvis Ribeiro saved U.D. Mancini from getting behind. Neto Diaz hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Elar Villems made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tello Calvo in the 38th minute of play. In the 40th minute U.D. Mancini were awarded a corner. Dagoberto Escobar went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 44th minute, Eero Loorits hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vila's Elar Villems played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tello Calvo in the 45th minute of play. The throw-in from Uudo Vähe in the 47th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by U.D. Mancini's Neto Diaz. Romeo Rienda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Elar Villems tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Tello Calvo hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Romeo Rienda managed to get in a good position for a shot. U.D. Mancini's supporters rose to their feet, but Romeo Rienda was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Elar Villems breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 65 minutes into the match, U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Elvis Ribeiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kalle Käbin. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Lembit Nurmela put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Elvis Ribeiro. Romeo Rienda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Elar Villems took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romeo Rienda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U.D. Mancini made a substitution. Falo Saboya replaced Neto Diaz. 80 minutes into the match, U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Elvis Ribeiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lembit Nurmela. After 81 played minutes U.D. Mancini got a freekick which was hit by Tello Calvo. A throw-in in the 84th minute of the game was made by Eero Loorits with Uudo Vähe as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Eero Loorits made in the 87th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Uudo Vähe. The audience was convinced that Romeo Rienda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elar Villems was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. In the 90th minute, Romeo Rienda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U.D. Mancini fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Kalle Käbin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Elvis Ribeiro having to make a save. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.