U23 World League

Castle of Hogwarts
Spectators: 8126 (Terracing: 6096, Seating: 1869, VIP seats: 161) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jacinto Quirino made the kick off which started today's match. Jacinto Quirino recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A throw-in in the 6th minute of the game was made by Gencer Gazzal with Maxi López as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Jacinto Quirino put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Augusto Batalla. The throw-in from Nikos Prattis in the 10th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by A. Korn's Nicolás De la Cruz. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind A. Korn's goalkeeper Augusto Batalla, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 16th play minutes Jacinto Quirino shot 2-0, a short shot which went by Augusto Batalla and just under the crossbar into goal. Jacinto Quirino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Augusto Batalla made a huge save. C.A Gryffindor's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Karl-Erik Magnusson in the 21st minute. 23 minutes into the match, Jacinto Quirino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Augusto Batalla. A. Korn's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jacinto Quirino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. If Jacinto Quirino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. C.A Gryffindor's Marquinhos Filho managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Gencer Gazzal in the 27 minute of the game. Augusto Batalla stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jacinto Quirino's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. 30 minutes into the game, C.A Gryffindor's Jacinto Quirino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Augusto Batalla made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. In the 33rd minute, C.A Gryffindor's Jacinto Quirino dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-0. The audience was convinced that Jacinto Quirino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Augusto Batalla was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. After 37 played minutes A. Korn got a freekick which was hit by Nicolás De la Cruz. In the 38th minute, Karl-Erik Magnusson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Augusto Batalla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacinto Quirino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Augusto Batalla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacinto Quirino, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in A. Korn's zone, Edgard Mangueira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Augusto Batalla came out of the goal and Edgard Mangueira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Maxi López to make the kick off. A. Korn's Augusto Batalla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacinto Quirino in the 51st minute of play. 52 minutes into the match, Jacinto Quirino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Augusto Batalla. A. Korn's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jacinto Quirino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Augusto Batalla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacinto Quirino, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Gencer Gazzal got a throw-in 59 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Maxi López. If Jacinto Quirino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Maxi López sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. C.A Gryffindor's Edgard Mangueira got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 67 minutes of play, C.A Gryffindor's Jacinto Quirino made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Augusto Batalla was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nikos Prattis made in the 69th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Matthijs De Ligt immediately put the ball in play. A. Korn's Augusto Batalla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacinto Quirino in the 71st minute of play. C.A Gryffindor made a substitution. Guilherme Mazer replaced Jacinto Quirino. C.A Gryffindor's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Guilherme Mazer in the 73rd minute. Nikos Prattis made in the 78th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Matthijs De Ligt however managed to control. Augusto Batalla came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by C.A Gryffindor's Guilherme Mazer. But to his dismay, Guilherme Mazer quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. Guilherme Mazer scored 9-0 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Augusto Batalla, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 88th minute Guilherme Mazer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Augusto Batalla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th minute, Paredes Pedrera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 91 minutes of play, C.A Gryffindor's Guilherme Mazer made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Augusto Batalla was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The C.A Gryffindor fans cheered their team off the field, for while A. Korn had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.