U21 World League

Ángel Labruna
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Remigio Salomone took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jaime Nafarroa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Steffen Hemelaers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the La Gallardeta defense, Steffen Hemelaers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jaime Nafarroa. The La Gallardeta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jaime Nafarroa should have stopped the shot. 8 minutes into the match, La Gallardeta's goal looked a bit too open when Steffen Hemelaers came free, but Jaime Nafarroa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 9 played minutes La Gallardeta got a freekick which was hit by Carmelo Jeraldo. Jaime Nafarroa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Steffen Hemelaers in the 11th minute of play. Steffen Hemelaers struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Jaime Nafarroa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Putin Club - OFF. The audience was convinced that Remigio Salomone's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jaime Nafarroa was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. In the 21st minute Remigio Salomone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jaime Nafarroa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jaime Nafarroa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remigio Salomone in the 23rd minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Remigio Salomone notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of La Gallardeta's Jaime Nafarroa. Jaime Nafarroa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jaime Nafarroa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remigio Salomone in the 31st minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, La Gallardeta's goal looked a bit too open when Remigio Salomone came free, but Jaime Nafarroa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 36 minutes La Gallardeta's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Baltasar Perutxo who took care of the corner kick. Desiderio Txatxu made a great header on Putin Club - OFF's corner, it was just that La Gallardeta's Jaime Nafarroa managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Jaime Nafarroa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. La Gallardeta's Jaime Nafarroa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Steffen Hemelaers in the 41st minute of play. Jaime Nafarroa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Remigio Salomone in the 42nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Steffen Hemelaers in the 47th minute of play forced La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Jaime Nafarroa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Remigio Salomone scored 0-3 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jaime Nafarroa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The wind increased when Jeremias Paul made the kick off in the second half. Steffen Hemelaers in the 59thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jaime Nafarroa, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Remigio Salomone received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Jaime Nafarroa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 64 minutes into the match, La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Jaime Nafarroa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Steffen Hemelaers. Steffen Hemelaers's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 68thth minute, Jaime Nafarroa skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Jaime Nafarroa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Steffen Hemelaers in the 74th minute of the match. Carmelo Jeraldo hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Jaime Nafarroa came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Putin Club - OFF's Remigio Salomone. But to his dismay, Remigio Salomone quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Steffen Hemelaers charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Steffen Hemelaers the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Steffen Hemelaers hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Ladislao Gonza's late challenge caught a Putin Club - OFF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ladislao Gonza helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Putin Club - OFF booed when La Gallardeta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ladislao Gonza didn't get a good kick on the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Steffen Hemelaers notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of La Gallardeta's Jaime Nafarroa. Jaime Nafarroa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Remigio Salomone received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Jaime Nafarroa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. La Gallardeta's Jaime Nafarroa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Steffen Hemelaers in the 93rd minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Putin Club - OFF left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than La Gallardeta.