U23 World League

Estadio Dragao
Spectators: 8422 (Terracing: 6317, Seating: 1937, VIP seats: 168) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Chiquito Benítez took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Deportivo Mandiyu getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Jonas Koldobika hit a great ball. In the 4th minute, Boruc Wietrzychowski got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of ★C.I.A.sna★16 booed when Deportivo Mandiyu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alberto Honrio didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Åke Pil kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Eulalio Bastian. That made the score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind ★C.I.A.sna★16's goalkeeper Aleksander Birkenhagen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 12th minute Deportivo Mandiyu were awarded a corner. Roberto 吴勇 went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Deportivo Mandiyu's corner Rayan MacQueen fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Aleksander Birkenhagen quite easily take care of the ball. When Ciriaco Calixto fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ★C.I.A.sna★16's protests and gave Ciriaco Calixto a yellow card for diving instead. Ciriaco Calixto hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in ★C.I.A.sna★16's zone, Chiquito Benítez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aleksander Birkenhagen came out of the goal and Chiquito Benítez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 26 minutes into the match, Deportivo Mandiyu's Chiquito Benítez sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aleksander Birkenhagen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Chiquito Benítez might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aleksander Birkenhagen. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Chiquito Benítez ran back to his position shaking his head. Aleksander Birkenhagen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chiquito Benítez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eulalio Bastian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boruc Wietrzychowski in the 28th minute of the match. Aleksander Birkenhagen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roberto 吴勇, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind ★C.I.A.sna★16's goalkeeper Aleksander Birkenhagen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Eulalio Bastian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boruc Wietrzychowski in the 34th minute of the match. ★C.I.A.sna★16's Aleksander Birkenhagen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arne Bronco in the 38th minute of play. Åke Pil fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eulalio Bastian having to interfere. Ciriaco Calixto made in the 42nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Deportivo Mandiyu's Maximiliano Ibon. 45 minutes into the match, Chiquito Benítez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aleksander Birkenhagen. ★C.I.A.sna★16's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Chiquito Benítez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Boruc Wietrzychowski was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, one of ★C.I.A.sna★16:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ★C.I.A.sna★16. The goalkeeper, Aleksander Birkenhagen, was totally fooled by Deportivo Mandiyu's Jonas Koldobika, who 53 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. The audience was convinced that Chiquito Benítez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksander Birkenhagen was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Eulalio Bastian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodrigo Antunes in the 58th minute of play. Eulalio Bastian didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Åke Pil went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Eulalio Bastian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Åke Pil in the 69th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Åke Pil in the 80th minute of play forced Deportivo Mandiyu's goalkeeper Eulalio Bastian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute Boruc Wietrzychowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eulalio Bastian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Dalmacio Aztore in the 85th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ★C.I.A.sna★16's Pawel Wierzchowski. Eulalio Bastian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Åke Pil, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. 88 minutes into the game, Szymon Wawak was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ★C.I.A.sna★16's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Deportivo Mandiyu the free kick. After 88 played minutes ★C.I.A.sna★16 got a freekick which was hit by Szymon Wawak. In the 89th minute, Benigno Larpe made a precise shot to the right of Aleksander Birkenhagen. ★C.I.A.sna★16's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Mandiyu's Dalmacio Aztore got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Eulalio Bastian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Åke Pil, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Leonides Remir who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 98thth minute tested the skills of Aleksander Birkenhagen when he managed to save the team from getting behind.