U21 World League

MANDALARENA
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sergi Cabezas got the match started through his kick off. Gaudencio Valery's late challenge caught a ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gaudencio Valery helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, The Waldos's Gaudencio Valery got a free kick in the 3rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Castulo De Silva in the 7th minute of play forced The Waldos's goalkeeper Sergio Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sergio Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Castulo De Silva in the 12th minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 18th minute of the game. One of The Waldos:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ALPUJARRAS LIBRE:s goal. The referee gave ALPUJARRAS LIBRE a penalty, 20 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Mitxel Coya, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of The Waldos's Sergio Romero. 2-0. When J.J Riquelme fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored The Waldos's protests and gave J.J Riquelme a yellow card for diving instead. J.J Riquelme hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Castulo De Silva got free with Sergio Romero in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 31st minute Castulo De Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergio Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Waldos's Sergio Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mitxel Coya in the 33rd minute of play. After 34 minutes, Moises Senio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Waldos and the ALPUJARRAS LIBRE players grew even worse after the yellow card. Moises Senio hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. 35 minutes into the game, ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's Venancio Arribas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sergio Romero made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. After having played for 40 minutes, Donato Regis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. The Waldos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Donato Regis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arbidel Nadal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donato Regis in the 42nd minute of play. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's Mitxel Coya shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 44th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Sergio Romero but with some difficulty. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Donato Regis to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Castulo De Silva in the 52nd minute of play forced The Waldos's goalkeeper Sergio Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Moises Senio hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. The Waldos's J.J Riquelme got his second yellow card of the match in the 60th minute. The referee ordered J.J Riquelme off the ground. After 61 played minutes The Waldos got a freekick which was hit by J.J Riquelme. The audience held their breath when Nisio Rodriguez in the 62nd minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Sergio Romero's left hand side. Sergio Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Castulo De Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. After a rather tough play, The Waldos's Donato Regis got a free kick in the 69th minute. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE made a substitution. Garin Barral replaced Mitxel Coya. 73 minutes into the match, The Waldos's goal looked a bit too open when Brais Erosa came free, but Sergio Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yader Segura in the 79th minute of play forced The Waldos's goalkeeper Sergio Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Moises Senio succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-1 in the 80th playminute. Arbidel Nadal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Moises Senio, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 86th minute, Bernardino Joachim hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Waldos's Sergio Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yader Segura in the 87th minute of play. The supporters of ALPUJARRAS LIBRE booed when The Waldos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernardino Joachim didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yader Segura took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sergio Romero. Sergio Romero dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. 94 minutes into the match, Yader Segura notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of The Waldos's Sergio Romero. Sergio Romero was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE fully deserved thier win.