U21 World League

Blue Arena
Spectators: 8432 (Terracing: 6325, Seating: 1939, VIP seats: 168) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Darío Bustunzuria started the match with the kick off. Jonas Hermansson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofilo Herauso, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Snorlax FC's Antonio Cardoso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Snorlax FC from getting a goal against them. Jonas Hermansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Darío Bustunzuria, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Amedeo Melis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Javier Milei hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute Augustin Ştefănuţ shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Cardoso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Amedeo Melis got free with Antonio Cardoso in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augustin Ştefănuţ in the 16th minute of play forced Snorlax FC's goalkeeper Antonio Cardoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Snorlax FC's Antonio Cardoso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Snorlax FC from getting a goal against them. Antonio Cardoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emy Marioara in the 23rd minute of play. Amedeo Melis's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Antonio Cardoso firmly grabbed it by the left post. Javier Milei hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Antonio Cardoso was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Emy Marioara. Snorlax FC's Antonio Cardoso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Snorlax FC from getting a goal against them. Jonas Hermansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darío Bustunzuria in the 34th minute of play. In the 35th minute Jiang Zhi Ling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Cardoso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonio Cardoso came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by BlueLionesse's Jiang Zhi Ling. But to his dismay, Jiang Zhi Ling quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. 43 minutes into the match, Snorlax FC's goal looked a bit too open when Emy Marioara came free, but Antonio Cardoso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jiang Zhi Ling was the one to do the kick off. BlueLionesse's Emilian Stolnicu was substituted for Claudiu Mârza. The supporters of BlueLionesse booed when Snorlax FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Javier Milei didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 66th minute Augustin Ştefănuţ shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Cardoso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of BlueLionesse booed when Snorlax FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alonso Andolcetti didn't get a good kick on the ball. Antonio Cardoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pompiliu Minea, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by César Balladares during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. César Balladares kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amedeo Melis in the 79th minute of play forced Snorlax FC's goalkeeper Antonio Cardoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Javier Milei kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Emilian Stolnicu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Antonio Cardoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amedeo Melis, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. When the referee ended the match the BlueLionesse players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.