U21 World League

BE COOL PALACE
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jaime Iratzeder kicked off to start the match. After having played for 3 minutes, Gualterio Romo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Margarita's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gualterio Romo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Margarita's Jaime Iratzeder in the 6th minute got a chance for a shot 6th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BE COOL's goalie prevented a goal. After 12 played minutes Margarita got a freekick which was hit by Joaquin Cordarrel. The audience was convinced that Jaime Iratzeder's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikos Kyriakou was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Alonzo Atarratze recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 19th match minute, Margarita was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaime Iratzeder to maneuver through the defense. Ruperto Raulo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Miltos Mouratidis's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. After 27 minutes of play, Margarita's Jaime Iratzeder made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikos Kyriakou was left in no man's land by his defense there! 34 minutes into the match, BE COOL's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Iratzeder came free, but Nikos Kyriakou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikos Kyriakou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquin Cordarrel in the 40th minute of the match. Jaime Iratzeder sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Ruperto Raulo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eustratios Psomiadis, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Nikos Kyriakou didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joaquin Cordarrel went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Ruperto Raulo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pipis Petsanas, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 67th match minute, Margarita was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Santiago Jatsu to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eustratios Psomiadis in the 70th minute of play forced Margarita's goalkeeper Ruperto Raulo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute, Ruperto Bento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 78 minutes into the game, Joaquin Cordarrel cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Nikos Kyriakou was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 80th minute Joaquin Cordarrel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Kyriakou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Margarita supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Margarita would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.