U23 World League

Estadio Campichuelo
Spectators: 8063 (Terracing: 6049, Seating: 1854, VIP seats: 160) C.A Gryffindor's José Guerreiro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Placido Gitano 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 5th minute. When C.A Gryffindor's Jacinto Quirino in the 7th minute got a chance for a shot 7th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Club Atletico Juanita's goalie prevented a goal. Rafael Oliveiro made in the 9th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by C.A Gryffindor's Nikos Prattis. After a rather tough play, Club Atletico Juanita's Eriberto Theodore got a free kick in the 9th minute. C.A Gryffindor were awarded a corner in the 14th minute after Club Atletico Juanita's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Karl-Erik Magnusson took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Jacinto Quirino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Placido Gitano quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacinto Quirino in the 17th minute of play forced Club Atletico Juanita's goalkeeper Placido Gitano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zeledon Enol during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of C.A Gryffindor booed when Club Atletico Juanita was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zeledon Enol didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacinto Quirino in the 21st minute of play forced Club Atletico Juanita's goalkeeper Placido Gitano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 22 minutes into the game, Jacinto Quirino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Placido Gitano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 26th minute, Rafael Oliveiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Placido Gitano 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 27th minute. 28 minutes into the match, C.A Gryffindor's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Escobar came free, but Chicão de Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Guerreiro in the 30th minute of play forced Club Atletico Juanita's goalkeeper Placido Gitano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute, Jacinto Quirino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The C.A Gryffindor fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 35th minute Jacinto Quirino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Placido Gitano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Placido Gitano 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 38th minute. C.A Gryffindor's Nikos Prattis managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Rafael Oliveiro in the 41 minute of the game. After 42 played minutes Club Atletico Juanita got a freekick which was hit by Eriberto Theodore. 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 Jacobo Regis to make the kick off. In the last second Placido Gitano throw himself and got hold of the ball when Jacinto Quirino in the 53rdth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edgard Mangueira got free with Placido Gitano in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Edgard Mangueira scored 0-3 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Placido Gitano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Chicão de Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacobo Regis in the 64th minute of the match. In the 65th minute, C.A Gryffindor's José Guerreiro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Placido Gitano. Placido Gitano yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. C.A Gryffindor made a substitution. Paredes Pedrera replaced Marquinhos Filho. Placido Gitano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guilherme Mazer in the 77th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Guilherme Mazer in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Placido Gitano saved Club Atletico Juanita from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guilherme Mazer got free with Placido Gitano in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Guilherme Mazer scored 0-6 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Placido Gitano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Placido Gitano made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Guilherme Mazer sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Paredes Pedrera during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Paredes Pedrera kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded C.A Gryffindor left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Club Atletico Juanita.