U23 World League

Estadio MARCELO BIEL
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Max Lijsens took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some careless play in the real dixmuda defense, Reynaldo Sabin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Laurens Gijselinghs. The real dixmuda fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Laurens Gijselinghs should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Max Lijsens in the 6th minute of play forced NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's goalkeeper Zuri Megia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jilian Dewolf sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 11th minute Gabriel Toli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laurens Gijselinghs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zuri Megia didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when real dixmuda's Max Lijsens shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. A collision led to NEWELL´S OLD BOYS getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Benito Handi hit a great ball. Laurens Gijselinghs was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gabriel Toli showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 20 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Max Lijsens in the 23rd minute of play forced NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's goalkeeper Zuri Megia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Max Lijsens in the 29th minute of play forced NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's goalkeeper Zuri Megia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. real dixmuda's Jilian Dewolf got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 40th minute, Raf Gyselinck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Toli in the 42nd minute of play forced real dixmuda's goalkeeper Laurens Gijselinghs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's goal looked a bit too open when Max Lijsens came free, but Zuri Megia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Dante Quintan fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's protests and gave Dante Quintan a yellow card for diving instead. In the 44th minute, Dante Quintan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The throw-in from Raf Gyselinck in the 47th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's Benito Handi.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gabriel Toli stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's goalkeeper Zuri Megia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Max Lijsens. Raf Gyselinck hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Jilian Dewolf sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Laurens Gijselinghs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benito Handi, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Laurens Gijselinghs didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Benito Handi went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. If Xander-Paul Pellegrims had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A sloppy throw-in by Raf Gyselinck in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's Baltasar Rios. 81 minutes into the match, Gabriel Toli notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of real dixmuda's Laurens Gijselinghs. Laurens Gijselinghs was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Jilian Dewolf had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Max Lijsens in the 95th minute of play forced NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's goalkeeper Zuri Megia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.