U23 World League

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Horacio Txaran made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Joel Weather hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in O rey Iván's zone, Klement Setara stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ramiro Romelio came out of the goal and Klement Setara tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. O rey Iván's Ramiro Romelio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save O rey Iván from getting a goal against them. 20 minutes into the match, O rey Iván's Augusto Burni sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Szymon Modrzewski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 21 minutes into the match, O rey Iván's goalkeeper Ramiro Romelio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tobiasz Cuber. Klement Setara kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 22ndth minute. Though ot was a great shot O rey Iván's keeper Ramiro Romelio was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. 24 minutes in the game Adam Kutas did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Aureliusz Czeszejko. Ramiro Romelio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klement Setara in the 27th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Tobiasz Cuber could shoot a difficult shot in the 34th minute, which Ramiro Romelio however easily saved by the left post. After a defensive mix-up in Real Madrid's zone, Augusto Burni stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Szymon Modrzewski came out of the goal and Augusto Burni tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Madrid's goalkeeper Szymon Modrzewski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When O rey Iván's Augusto Burni in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Real Madrid's goalie prevented a goal. Szymon Modrzewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Burni in the 44th minute of the match. After having played for 47 minutes, Tobiasz Cuber managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Real Madrid's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tobiasz Cuber was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Klement Setara to make the kick off. In the 50th match minute, Real Madrid was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tobiasz Cuber to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in O rey Iván's zone, Klement Setara stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ramiro Romelio came out of the goal and Klement Setara tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Real Madrid's Tobiasz Cuber got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 56th minute, Tomas Romero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ramiro Romelio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Klement Setara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Szymon Modrzewski acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 60th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Ismael Sedeni. 62 minutes into the match, Real Madrid's goalkeeper Szymon Modrzewski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Horacio Txaran. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tobiasz Cuber in the 64th minute of play forced O rey Iván's goalkeeper Ramiro Romelio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd match minute, O rey Iván was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ismael Sedeni to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zygmunt Tokarczyk in the 76th minute of play forced O rey Iván's goalkeeper Ramiro Romelio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 77 minutes, Juliusz Mentus mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Madrid and the O rey Iván players grew even worse after the yellow card. Juliusz Mentus kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Ramiro Romelio came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Real Madrid's Klement Setara. But to his dismay, Klement Setara quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. If Tobiasz Cuber had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ramiro Romelio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aureliusz Czeszejko, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Real Madrid were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of O rey Iván for a fine match.