U23 World League

Monumental Guayaquil
Spectators: 7620 (Terracing: 5716, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) Ulizes Sola made the kick off and thus started the match. Walter Huarte stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor de Salles's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. In the 5th match minute, Flying Dutch was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by João Adolfo Cruz to maneuver through the defense. Ulizes Sola took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Arthur Amorim. Flying Dutch's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dani Galiana in the 14th minute of play forced Flying Dutch's goalkeeper Arthur Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Astillero del Guayas's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ulizes Sola in the 15th minute. With his leg Arthur Amorim managed to avoid a goal in the 17thth minute, when Astillero del Guayas's Ulizes Sola fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 21st minute, Cevallos Provencio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Victor de Salles managed to get in a good position for a shot. Flying Dutch's supporters rose to their feet, but Victor de Salles was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Walter Huarte breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 24thth minute of the game Victor de Salles who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Astillero del Guayas's Walter Huarte was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 30th minute, Jacinto Miruena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 30th minute Eurico Batista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Walter Huarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Flying Dutch getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. José Vítor Rosado hit a great ball. In the 34th minute Dani Galiana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arthur Amorim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute, Victor de Salles ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Walter Huarte was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Walter Huarte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Niceto Xacintu, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 44th minute Niceto Xacintu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Walter Huarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

A collision led to Astillero del Guayas getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Marques Martin hit a great ball. Walter Huarte made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eurico Batista in the 56th minute. A collision led to Flying Dutch getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Niceto Xacintu hit a great ball. In the 71st minute, Niceto Xacintu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Walter Huarte was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Walter Huarte made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eurico Batista in the 86th minute. In the 95th minute, Astillero del Guayas's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Niceto Xacintu fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The Flying Dutch players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.