U23 World League

Johan Cruyff Arena
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tytus Dudek made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute Aaron Luan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigi Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 3 minutes into the match, Aaron Luan notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Ajax's Gigi Buffon. Gigi Buffon was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Blackblue United's Quintana Florian got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 14th minute of the match Remigiusz Galaska shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gutierrez Saes showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 15 minutes into the match, Blackblue United's goal looked a bit too open when Tytus Dudek came free, but Gutierrez Saes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 17 minutes into the match, Blackblue United's goalkeeper Gutierrez Saes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tytus Dudek. Tytus Dudek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Boguslaw Wos's late challenge caught a Blackblue United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Boguslaw Wos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th match minute, Ajax was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boguslaw Wos to maneuver through the defense. Gutierrez Saes made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Tytus Dudek sent off a good shot on target. In the 25th minute, Tytus Dudek got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Martin Arenchen kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Quintana Florian hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Martin Arenchen was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 34 minutes into the match. Gutierrez Saes went to the wrong direction when Tomasz Sierocki was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Parrales Unzueta was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Parrales Unzueta got free with Gigi Buffon in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Parrales Unzueta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gigi Buffon having to interfere. Matamba Puredo's late challenge caught a Ajax's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matamba Puredo helped the player get up and apologised. Matamba Puredo kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aaron Luan during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 65th match minute, Blackblue United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Luan to maneuver through the defense. If Tytus Dudek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gutierrez Saes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tytus Dudek, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Tytus Dudek's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gutierrez Saes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. Gutierrez Saes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tytus Dudek in the 82nd minute of play. 83 minutes into the match, Blackblue United's goal looked a bit too open when Remigiusz Galaska came free, but Gutierrez Saes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gigi Buffon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Parrales Unzueta in the 90th minute. In the 93rd minute, Remigiusz Galaska got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Gigi Buffon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Parrales Unzueta in the 96th minute. The Ajax manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Blackblue United to win.