U21 World League

Cementerio Elefantes
Spectators: 7973 (Terracing: 5981, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) Nisu Unn's Kuido Haavistu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Jairo Tab sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jairo Tab got free with Innokentiy Beskov in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Innokentiy Beskov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jairo Tab in the 8th minute of the match. Bernabe Hanot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oodo Lehto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 13th minute Oodo Lehto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernabe Hanot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 14th minute, Teobaldo Mikeldi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nisu Unn's Taavi Kender was substituted for Peedu Roosileht. Teobaldo Mikeldi hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 18th match minute, Nisu Unn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Arumeel to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Nisu Unn's Innokentiy Beskov got control of the ball when Jairo Tab tried to sneak it across the goal line. Innokentiy Beskov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Justino Estevez in the 21st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jairo Tab got free with Innokentiy Beskov in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jairo Tabs short, quick shot in the 33rdth minute got Innokentiy Beskov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Innokentiy Beskov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Justino Estevez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oodo Lehto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bernabe Hanot read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. After 41 minutes, Gregorio Amaya mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SABALEPLUS and the Nisu Unn players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 41st minute, Gregorio Amaya hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Innokentiy Beskov managed to avoid a goal in the 43rdth minute, when SABALEPLUS's Jairo Tab fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

After 56 played minutes SABALEPLUS got a freekick which was hit by Cecilio Cristofol. 57 minutes into the game, Kuldar Külaase was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nisu Unn's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SABALEPLUS the free kick. Bernabe Hanot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oodo Lehto in the 61st minute of the match. After 62 minutes SABALEPLUS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Oodo Lehto who took care of the corner kick. Godofredo Ferrando hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Nisu Unn made a substitution. Kalju Viru replaced Oodo Lehto. Nisu Unn's Innokentiy Beskov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Godofredo Ferrando in the 71st minute of play. Innokentiy Beskov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jairo Tab, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Samuel Aavola's late challenge caught a SABALEPLUS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Samuel Aavola helped the player get up and apologised. 84 minutes into the match, Nisu Unn's goal looked a bit too open when Jairo Tab came free, but Innokentiy Beskov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st minute, Kalju Viru reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bernabe Hanot. The goal made the score 0-1. Innokentiy Beskov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Godofredo Ferrando went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the SABALEPLUS players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.