U21 World League

La Cucha
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Emilio Ticho started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 3 minutes, Niceto Jurgi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Punk Fiction and the Simbo FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Punk Fiction getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Niceto Jurgi hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nair Galarza got free with Clemente Nikola in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 6th minute, Silvano Dalmu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute Emilio Ticho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Octavio Lauaxeta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Clemente Nikola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Brion, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Brion in the 19th minute of play forced Punk Fiction's goalkeeper Clemente Nikola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Simbo FC's Octavio Lauaxeta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilio Ticho in the 21st minute of play. In the 23rd minute Emilio Ticho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Octavio Lauaxeta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Clemente Nikola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonas Brion in the 24th minute of play. 37 minutes into the game, Damian Araoz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Punk Fiction's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Simbo FC the free kick. Emilio Ticho took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Octavio Lauaxeta. Octavio Lauaxeta dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 46th minute, Teodoro Havier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The audience was convinced that Emilio Ticho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Octavio Lauaxeta was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 56 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Emilio Ticho sped through Simbo FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Octavio Lauaxeta. Simbo FC's Flor Petera was substituted for Marcial Belasko. In the 63rd minute, Domingos Uzuri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th minute Cris Miró shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clemente Nikola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Niceto Jurgi hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. After having played for 79 minutes, Emilio Ticho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Punk Fiction's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emilio Ticho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 81st minute Nair Galarza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clemente Nikola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Punk Fiction's Clemente Nikola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonas Brion in the 83rd minute of play. The throw-in from Tami Pettinato in the 84th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Punk Fiction's Damian Araoz. With his leg Octavio Lauaxeta managed to avoid a goal in the 86thth minute, when Punk Fiction's Niceto Jurgi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ambrosio Peruanton made a great header on Punk Fiction's corner, it was just that Simbo FC's Octavio Lauaxeta managed to reach the ball for a save. After a rather tough play, Simbo FC's Nair Galarza got a free kick in the 89th minute. Clemente Nikola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cris Miró, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Punk Fiction were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over Simbo FC's much stronger midfield.