U21 World League

San Juan
Spectators: 8087 (Terracing: 6066, Seating: 1860, VIP seats: 161) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Andrés Inocente got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute of the game Benedicto Selatse made a throw-in which Sixto Gurutz played forward. In the 4th minute, Sixto Gurutz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Internet XAire fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Benedicto Selatse's late challenge caught a Nibiru X's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Benedicto Selatse helped the player get up and apologised. In the 12th minute, Fabricio Espejo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 15th minute, Benedicto Selatse hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 16 minutes into the match, Internet XAire's goal looked a bit too open when Levi Ackerman came free, but Alain Heuze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Internet XAire's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alipio Elguea was slow to take the kick. During this time Nibiru X's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Alipio Elguea got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alain Heuze quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Internet XAire's Andrés Inocente in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nibiru X's goalie prevented a goal. Internet XAire's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 冰谷 夏侯惇 in the 29th minute. A nice corner shot did that 冰谷 夏侯惇 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Genzo Wakabayashi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Alain Heuze made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Raúlo Garriga sent off a good shot on target. Levi Ackerman's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Alain Heuze firmly grabbed it by the left post. Alain Heuze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicodim Ipătescu in the 41st minute of play. Genzo Wakabayashi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sixto Gurutz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Sixto Gurutz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Genzo Wakabayashi was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Alain Heuze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicodim Ipătescu in the 44th minute of play. Amador Abud's late challenge caught a Internet XAire's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amador Abud helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Nibiru X's Amador Abud got a free kick in the 47th minute. In the 48th minute, Andrés Inocente 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. After the first half Internet XAire were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Nicodim Ipătescu made the kick off in the second half. Nibiru X's attentive Fabio Mingione managed to snatch the ball when Roman Vigil made a throw-in in the 52nd minute of the game. Alipio Elguea kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. In the 64th minute, Gary Neville hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 67th minute Bryan Reyna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Genzo Wakabayashi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 秦骏川's late challenge caught a Nibiru X's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 秦骏川 helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 69th minute of the game. One of Internet XAire:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Nibiru X:s goal. Internet XAire:s Alain Heuze showed great skill when he stopped Alipio Elguea:s penalty. In the 71st minute, Alipio Elguea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alain Heuze was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. When Nicodim Ipătescu came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the Nibiru X fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nicodim Ipătescu couldn't finish the play. If Sixto Gurutz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 86th minute Nicodim Ipătescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alain Heuze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Internet XAire booed when Nibiru X was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ragnar Lodbrok didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 95 minutes, Raúlo Garriga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nibiru X and the Internet XAire players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 95th match minute, Nibiru X was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raúlo Garriga to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Internet XAire booed when Nibiru X was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 98 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabio Mingione didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Internet XAire players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Nibiru X from taking control. The game ends in a draw.