U21 World League

LA FONDA DE UGGLA
Spectators: 7685 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gilberto Lauaxeta made the kick off which started today's match. Through an outstanding action, after 5 minutes, Thibaut Courtois successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some careless play in the UFC Puturoasa defense, Gilberto Lauaxeta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thibaut Courtois. The UFC Puturoasa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thibaut Courtois should have stopped the shot. In the 9th minute of the match UFC Puturoasa got a corner. VAMO ARRIBA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Alphonso Davies ran over to the corner to take the kick. UFC Puturoasa's Alexei Caraman was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Roman Loramendi in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Roman Loramendi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Vanghele in the 12th minute of the match. A collision led to VAMO ARRIBA getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Patricio Raebert hit a great ball. 23 minutes into the game, UFC Puturoasa's Cristian Ronaldo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Roman Loramendi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. After 28 minutes of play, UFC Puturoasa's Stefan Vanghele made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roman Loramendi was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the VAMO ARRIBA defense, Alexei Caraman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roman Loramendi. The VAMO ARRIBA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roman Loramendi should have stopped the shot. After 38 minutes, Stefan Vanghele made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. VAMO ARRIBA's Roman Loramendi tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Roman Loramendi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Ronaldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in VAMO ARRIBA's zone, Stefan Vanghele stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roman Loramendi came out of the goal and Stefan Vanghele tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. VAMO ARRIBA's Roman Loramendi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stefan Vanghele in the 47th minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Stefan Vanghele was the one to do the kick off. Roman Loramendi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Vanghele in the 53rd minute of the match. Cristian Ronaldo's late challenge caught a VAMO ARRIBA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristian Ronaldo helped the player get up and apologised. Thibaut Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilberto Lauaxeta in the 55th minute of play. Armando Seber kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexei Caraman in the 61st minute of play forced VAMO ARRIBA's goalkeeper Roman Loramendi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roman Loramendi came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by UFC Puturoasa's Alexei Caraman. But to his dismay, Alexei Caraman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. Roman Loramendi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stefan Vanghele in the 74th minute of play. In the 77th minute, Stefan Vanghele left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The UFC Puturoasa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. The supporters of VAMO ARRIBA booed when UFC Puturoasa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mircea Musteatã didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Seber in the 93rd minute of play forced UFC Puturoasa's goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roman Loramendi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexei Caraman in the 95th minute. When the final whistle sounded UFC Puturoasa left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than VAMO ARRIBA.