U21 World League

Estadio TAXISTAS
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Natural Born Killers's Slawomir Spychalski started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Pastor Manex showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Slawomir Spychalski, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Fabian Zacharczyk hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. After 13 played minutes Tacheros OFF got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Ranolfo. Slawomir Spychalski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pastor Manex having to make a save. 20 minutes into the game, Ramon Ramon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Pastor Manex was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 24 minutes into the game, Tacheros OFF's Amadeo Gartxot nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tito Borubar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. After 26 played minutes Tacheros OFF got a freekick which was hit by Desiderio Txomin. Tacheros OFF's Pastor Manex played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabian Zacharczyk in the 29th minute of play. Natural Born Killers's Tito Borubar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Natural Born Killers from getting a goal against them. Pastor Manex didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Radomir Jurgiel went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Pastor Manex showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radomir Jurgiel in the 37th minute of the match. Tacheros OFF's Pastor Manex played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabian Zacharczyk in the 40th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Tacheros OFF's goal looked a bit too open when Slawomir Spychalski came free, but Pastor Manex reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pastor Manex took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radomir Jurgiel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 45 minutes of play, Natural Born Killers's Slawomir Spychalski made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pastor Manex was left in no man's land by his defense there! After the first half Natural Born Killers were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Pastor Manex made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slawomir Spychalski in the 56th minute of play. Camilo Ranolfo struck a weak shot in the 59th minute. Tito Borubar didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tacheros OFF. In the 67th minute, Ramon Ramon got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Natural Born Killers's Ramon Ramon slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pastor Manex. That made the score 1-5 after 70 minutes of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Boleslaw Major managed to get in a good position for a shot. Natural Born Killers's supporters rose to their feet, but Boleslaw Major was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pastor Manex breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pastor Manex took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Slawomir Spychalski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Fabian Zacharczyk managed to get in a good position for a shot. Natural Born Killers's supporters rose to their feet, but Fabian Zacharczyk was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pastor Manex breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 81 minutes into the match, Tacheros OFF's goal looked a bit too open when Slawomir Spychalski came free, but Pastor Manex reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Ramon Ramon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 92nd minute Slawomir Spychalski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pastor Manex saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pastor Manex made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Ramon Ramon sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Tacheros OFF's Pastor Manex got control of the ball when Fabian Zacharczyk tried to sneak it across the goal line. Natural Born Killers played a much better game than Tacheros OFF and deserved their victory. The Tacheros OFF players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.