U21 World League

Zujūnai Stadium
Spectators: 7458 (Terracing: 5594, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hernán Gamboa made the kick off which started today's match. Geležinis Vilkas's Deimantas Valys was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 3rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. When Nastasio Adelsdorfer fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored union española s.a.'s protests and gave Nastasio Adelsdorfer a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to union española s.a. getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Nastasio Adelsdorfer hit a great ball. Geležinis Vilkas's Redas Merkelis shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 7th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Gregorio Pinto but with some difficulty. In the 9th minute Deimantas Valys shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gregorio Pinto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 10 minutes, Fulgencio Serrano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the union española s.a. and the Geležinis Vilkas players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fulgencio Serrano hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Geležinis Vilkas's Adomas Bacys got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 12th match minute, union española s.a. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Liberto Ensslin to maneuver through the defense. Hernán Gamboa's late challenge caught a Geležinis Vilkas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hernán Gamboa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 15th match minute, union española s.a. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hernán Gamboa to maneuver through the defense. In the 17thth minute of the game Deimantas Valys who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but union española s.a.'s Gregorio Pinto was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. union española s.a.'s Gregorio Pinto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deimantas Valys in the 19th minute of play. In the 20th minute of the match Geležinis Vilkas got a corner. union española s.a.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kristupas Kirkutis ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Geležinis Vilkas's Valentas Bizauskas to a score. 2-0 in the 20th minute. Gregorio Pinto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adomas Bacys, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Kristupas Kirkutis kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. In the 38th match minute, union española s.a. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xamín Cabanillas to maneuver through the defense. Deimantas Valys struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Gregorio Pinto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Geležinis Vilkas. 48 minutes into the match, union española s.a.'s goal looked a bit too open when Deimantas Valys came free, but Gregorio Pinto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Deimantas Valys made the kick off in the second half. Aldas Saulis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filipo Cobaleda in the 55th minute. Aldas Saulis came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by union española s.a.'s Fulgencio Serrano. But to his dismay, Fulgencio Serrano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Gregorio Pinto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deimantas Valys, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aldas Saulis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filipo Cobaleda in the 64th minute. Gregorio Pinto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Deimantas Valys went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Deimantas Valys fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gregorio Pinto having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deimantas Valys in the 73rd minute of play forced union española s.a.'s goalkeeper Gregorio Pinto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hernán Gamboa hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Aldas Saulis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eulalio Sudi showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-2 in the 78 minute of play. In the 80th minute, Xamín Cabanillas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 83 minutes had been played when some careless play by union española s.a.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kristupas Kirkutis was slow to take the kick. During this time Geležinis Vilkas's players had a chance to rest. Geležinis Vilkas's Kristupas Kirkutis was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Gregorio Pinto in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After some careless play in the Geležinis Vilkas defense, Hernán Gamboa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aldas Saulis. The Geležinis Vilkas fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aldas Saulis should have stopped the shot. 89 minutes into the match, Geležinis Vilkas's goalkeeper Aldas Saulis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hernán Gamboa. When Nastasio Adelsdorfer was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 89 minutes had been played. A collision led to union española s.a. getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Nastasio Adelsdorfer hit a great ball. When Geležinis Vilkas's Deimantas Valys in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye union española s.a.'s goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Deimantas Valys's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gregorio Pinto was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. When the referee ended the match the Geležinis Vilkas players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.