U23 World League

Ciruelandia
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) Ciruel Academy's Coronel Durango 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. Lucky Star's Mathias Wijasmara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Lucky Star from getting a goal against them. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lucky Star's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mircea Balint was slow to take the kick. During this time Ciruel Academy's players had a chance to rest. Mircea Balint made a great header on Ciruel Academy's corner, it was just that Lucky Star's Mathias Wijasmara managed to reach the ball for a save. Ciruel Academy's Themistoklis Saveris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uum Bel in the 14th minute of play. Ulryk Brzeszczak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Mathias Wijasmara made a huge save. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lucky Star's goalkeeper Mathias Wijasmara, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Lucky Star's Husni Sobarna got a free kick in the 20th minute. After a rather tough play, Lucky Star's Dragoş Socoriceanu got a free kick in the 25th minute. Lucky Star's Mathias Wijasmara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mircea Balint in the 25th minute of play. Mathias Wijasmara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Crispin Klander in the 35th minute of the match. After 39 played minutes Lucky Star got a freekick which was hit by Dragoş Socoriceanu. Themistoklis Saveris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ading Restiana in the 46th minute of the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Uum Bel made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Ciruel Academy's Lucas Pilblad sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mathias Wijasmara narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Ciruel Academy's Glenn Sommers got a free kick in the 56th minute. 60 minutes into the match, Ciruel Academy's goalkeeper Themistoklis Saveris had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ading Restiana. Mathias Wijasmara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulryk Brzeszczak, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. When Husni Sobarna came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Lucky Star fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Husni Sobarna couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulryk Brzeszczak in the 75th minute of play forced Lucky Star's goalkeeper Mathias Wijasmara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute, Glenn Sommers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Coronel Durango blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mathias Wijasmara having to make a save. 91 minutes into the match, Lucky Star's goal looked a bit too open when Coronel Durango came free, but Mathias Wijasmara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Despite being the better team, Lucky Star failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.