U21 World League

La Bombonera
Spectators: 7727 (Terracing: 5796, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Justino Muc started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11 defense, Martien Degenkamp kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pablo Ostadar. The CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pablo Ostadar should have stopped the shot. In the 13th minute, CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11's Emiliano Quilo seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Emiliano Quilo the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11 protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Emiliano Quilo had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 12 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11! CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11:s Pablo Ostadar showed great skill when he stopped Geert Arend van Zijl:s penalty. Robustiano Atarrabi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Julius van Zijl made a huge save. Pablo Ostadar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martien Degenkamp in the 19th minute of the match. Pablo Ostadar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martien Degenkamp in the 21st minute of the match. Julius van Zijl had great luck who in the 24thth minute grab hold of the ball when Amadeo Bermund from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. After 28 minutes of play, CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11's Robustiano Atarrabi made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julius van Zijl was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pablo Ostadar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martien Degenkamp in the 34th minute of the match. Arjan Breugel hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. In the 38th minute Amadeo Bermund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julius van Zijl saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pablo Ostadar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martien Degenkamp, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Geert Arend van Zijl was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Bal op het Dak's players had a chance to rest. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Martien Degenkamp made a kick off. FC Bal op het Dak's Rafael de Groot got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 54th minute Martien Degenkamp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pablo Ostadar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Martien Degenkamp could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Pablo Ostadar made a huge save. Julius van Zijl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robustiano Atarrabi in the 60th minute of the match. Julius van Zijl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robustiano Atarrabi in the 63rd minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11's goalkeeper Pablo Ostadar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Martien Degenkamp. 68 minutes into the match, CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11's goal looked a bit too open when Martien Degenkamp came free, but Pablo Ostadar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 70th minute, FC Bal op het Dak's Martien Degenkamp ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pablo Ostadar. Pablo Ostadar yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. 79 minutes into the match, CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11's goal looked a bit too open when Geert Arend van Zijl came free, but Pablo Ostadar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 81 played minutes FC Bal op het Dak got a freekick which was hit by Kristof Numan. After 83 played minutes CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11 got a freekick which was hit by Eloy Dimas. After a defensive mix-up in CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11's zone, Martien Degenkamp stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pablo Ostadar came out of the goal and Martien Degenkamp tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, FC Bal op het Dak's Gert Jan Schutrups got a free kick in the 88th minute. When Amadeo Bermund came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the CAPITAN PILUSO 26.06.11 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 Amadeo Bermund couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Martien Degenkamp got free with Pablo Ostadar in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Martien Degenkamp succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-3 in the 96th playminute. The FC Bal op het Dak supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing FC Bal op het Dak would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.