U21 World League

Estadi Pit i Collons
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Pau Gasol kicked off to start the match. Norberto Dantel made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Pau Gasol sent off a good shot on target. Pau Gasol recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Norberto Dantel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cordeiro Castro in the 6th minute of play. After 11 played minutes LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP got a freekick which was hit by Fabian Ishmael. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Norberto Dantel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP from getting a goal against them. 22 minutes into the match, LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goal looked a bit too open when Ferrer Alcaraz came free, but Norberto Dantel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd minute Pau Gasol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norberto Dantel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Pau Gasol put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Norberto Dantel. 27 minutes into the match, La Mora CAT's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Rito came free, but Anatolio Morera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Pablo Etxahun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 34 minutes LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pau Gasol who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on La Mora CAT's corner Xuoco Urquijo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Norberto Dantel quite easily take care of the ball. Frank Alvarenga hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Fabian Ishmael charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fabian Ishmael the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 40th match minute, LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Ishmael to maneuver through the defense. 41 minutes into the match, LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goal looked a bit too open when Cordeiro Castro came free, but Norberto Dantel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Rolando Berenguer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Saverio Caradaro to make the kick off. Anatolio Morera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Saverio Caradaro in the 52nd minute. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Norberto Dantel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cordeiro Castro in the 55th minute of play. After 60 minutes, Sandro Turrilla mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La Mora CAT and the LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 60 played minutes La Mora CAT got a freekick which was hit by Sandro Turrilla. Saverio Caradaro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anatolio Morera having to interfere. After 64 minutes of play, La Mora CAT's Pau Gasol made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Norberto Dantel was left in no man's land by his defense there! LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Norberto Dantel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferrer Alcaraz in the 68th minute of play. Norberto Dantel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pau Gasol in the 70th minute of the match. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Norberto Dantel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cordeiro Castro in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pau Gasol in the 74th minute of play forced LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goalkeeper Norberto Dantel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Norberto Dantel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pau Gasol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Norberto Dantel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pau Gasol in the 76th minute of play. Norberto Dantel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferrer Alcaraz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 86th minute, Pau Gasol made a precise shot to the right of Norberto Dantel. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Norberto Dantel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferrer Alcaraz in the 91st minute of play. Alejo Tebaldo's late challenge caught a La Mora CAT's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alejo Tebaldo helped the player get up and apologised. After 92 played minutes LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP got a freekick which was hit by Alejo Tebaldo. Norberto Dantel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Xuoco Urquijo went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score.