U21 World League

Reino de Vila-Walter
Spectators: 7561 (Terracing: 5672, Seating: 1738, VIP seats: 151) Carlinhos de Lara made the kick off and thus started the match. J.P. España made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlinhos de Lara in the 4th minute of play. Roy Pålsson hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlinhos de Lara in the 13th minute of play forced Villawalter City's goalkeeper J.P. España to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. J.P. España made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andriy Shevchenko in the 15th minute of play. A collision led to Juventudes Libertárias getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Carlinhos de Lara hit a great ball. In the 21st minute Aritz Morales shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chepe Canido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Aritz Morales notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Juventudes Libertárias's Chepe Canido. Chepe Canido was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 25 minutes, Andriy Shevchenko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Juventudes Libertárias and the Villawalter City players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlinhos de Lara in the 27th minute of play forced Villawalter City's goalkeeper J.P. España to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the match, Andriy Shevchenko notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Villawalter City's J.P. España. J.P. España was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aritz Morales got free with Chepe Canido in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aritz Morales got free with Chepe Canido in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aritz Morales in the 41st minute of play forced Juventudes Libertárias's goalkeeper Chepe Canido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Juventudes Libertárias's goal looked a bit too open when John Garate came free, but Chepe Canido reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Villawalter City's J.P. España played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlinhos de Lara in the 45th minute of play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aritz Morales made a kick off. John Garate charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed John Garate the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 53rd match minute, Villawalter City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by John Garate to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anxo Maestro in the 54th minute of play forced Juventudes Libertárias's goalkeeper Chepe Canido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. John Garate kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlinhos de Lara in the 58th minute of play forced Villawalter City's goalkeeper J.P. España to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. John Garate was shown his second yellow card after 59 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 60th minute, John Garate hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marquinhos Azevedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. J.P. España tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Carlinhos de Lara struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. J.P. España didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Juventudes Libertárias. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marquinhos Azevedo got free with J.P. España in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 74 minutes into the match, Villawalter City's goalkeeper J.P. España had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marquinhos Azevedo. After having played for 86 minutes, Carlinhos de Lara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Juventudes Libertárias's supporters crossed their fingers, but Carlinhos de Lara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.