U21 World League

Nilton Santos
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Téo de Castro got the match started through his kick off. El Stradivarius's Alejandro Mikolas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruud Gullit in the 4th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Téo de Castro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alejandro Mikolas was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Ruud Gullit in the 9thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Alejandro Mikolas, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Santiago Perutxo hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruud Gullit in the 12th minute of play forced El Stradivarius's goalkeeper Alejandro Mikolas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 15 minutes into the game, Estrela Solitária's Ruud Gullit nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alejandro Mikolas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. After 17 minutes, Horacio Gonsalve mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Stradivarius and the Estrela Solitária players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 18th minute, Horacio Gonsalve hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 18 played minutes El Stradivarius got a freekick which was hit by Marciano Calisto. In the 19th minute Gigi Riva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejandro Mikolas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alejandro Mikolas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ruud Gullit went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 33 minutes into the match, El Stradivarius's goalkeeper Alejandro Mikolas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ruud Gullit. In the 41st minute Téo de Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejandro Mikolas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ramon Urbez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ruud Gullit took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alejandro Mikolas. Alejandro Mikolas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Alejandro Mikolas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruud Gullit, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. A collision led to El Stradivarius getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Aaron Leheren hit a great ball. In the 69th minute, Ruud Gullit made a precise shot to the right of Alejandro Mikolas. El Stradivarius's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. Alejandro Mikolas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruud Gullit in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 75thth minute of the game Ruud Gullit who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Stradivarius's Alejandro Mikolas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Alejandro Mikolas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Téo de Castro's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Aaron Leheren kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. In the 80th minute, Téo de Castro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alejandro Mikolas was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Alejandro Mikolas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruud Gullit, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. El Stradivarius's Alejandro Mikolas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Téo de Castro in the 88th minute of play. Ruud Gullit received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Alejandro Mikolas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 96th minute, Santiago Perutxo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Estrela Solitária's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.