U21 World League

Kaedog de ta Minions
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Santio Cabello took the kick off in the first half of the match. Inacio Caldevilla kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Minion Mim's Willem-Alexander Snieders played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oswaldo Malla in the 10th minute of play. 12 minutes into the game, Oswaldo Malla cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Willem-Alexander Snieders was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 15 minutes, Santio Cabello managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nova Soccer's supporters crossed their fingers, but Santio Cabello was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Nova Soccer's Oswaldo Malla got a free kick in the 16th minute. Willem-Alexander Snieders showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnulfo Paris, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. The supporters of Minion Mim booed when Nova Soccer was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucian Gamez didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Nova Soccer getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Inacio Caldevilla hit a great ball. In the 39th minute, Bernt Demets hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Willem-Alexander Snieders came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Nova Soccer's Santio Cabello. But to his dismay, Santio Cabello quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Santio Cabello's late challenge caught a Minion Mim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santio Cabello helped the player get up and apologised. Karim Sifi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kurt Clement in the 46th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kenneth Blanchaert to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Nova Soccer's Favila Pantoja got a free kick in the 55th minute. Willem-Alexander Snieders made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Oswaldo Malla sent off a good shot on target. In the 67th match minute, Nova Soccer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Santio Cabello to maneuver through the defense. Karim Sifi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kenneth Blanchaert in the 71st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Nova Soccer's Juan Manuel Vargas got a free kick in the 79th minute. Arnulfo Paris received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Willem-Alexander Snieders tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nova Soccer's Oswaldo Malla got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A hard shot by Juan Manuel Vargas from long distance, 87 minutes into the match, got Willem-Alexander Snieders's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. If Santio Cabello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nova Soccer's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.