U23 World League

Stadion Stawienko
Spectators: 8130 (Terracing: 6099, Seating: 1870, VIP seats: 161) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Celso Martel took the kick off in the first half of the match. Zikri Eygül could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Jorrin Artiz made a huge save. After a rather tough play, C.S.D Punta Ballena's Diegotxe Carvajal got a free kick in the 6th minute. After a rather tough play, MZetowe Mastodonty's Candido Luzaide got a free kick in the 12th minute. Zbyszek Kaider made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vito Alsina in the 15th minute of play. C.S.D Punta Ballena's Jorrin Artiz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zikri Eygül in the 17th minute of play. Zbyszek Kaider made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celso Martel in the 21st minute of play. In the 26th minute of the match, Zikri Eygül tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jorrin Artiz saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Jorrin Artiz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zikri Eygül in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zikri Eygül in the 30th minute of play forced C.S.D Punta Ballena's goalkeeper Jorrin Artiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute Celso Martel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zbyszek Kaider saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 32 played minutes MZetowe Mastodonty got a freekick which was hit by Loki Ragnarsson. 34 minutes into the match, MZetowe Mastodonty's goal looked a bit too open when Celso Martel came free, but Zbyszek Kaider reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zbyszek Kaider made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vito Alsina in the 36th minute of play. Jorrin Artiz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roch Haszczak in the 37th minute. 43 minutes into the match, C.S.D Punta Ballena's goal looked a bit too open when Zikri Eygül came free, but Jorrin Artiz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zikri Eygül to make the kick off. Zikri Eygül received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Jorrin Artiz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Herbert Basinski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorrin Artiz having to interfere. Zbyszek Kaider showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vito Alsina in the 57th minute of the match. C.S.D Punta Ballena made a substitution. Leo Busvidad replaced Baudelio Valls. After 66 minutes of play C.S.D Punta Ballena's Diegotxe Carvajal was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to C.S.D Punta Ballena getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Diegotxe Carvajal hit a great ball. In the 67th minute, Marcelinho Veiga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jorrin Artiz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zikri Eygül, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zikri Eygül in the 74th minute of play forced C.S.D Punta Ballena's goalkeeper Jorrin Artiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 74 played minutes C.S.D Punta Ballena got a freekick which was hit by Celso Martel. Zikri Eygül's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jorrin Artiz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. The corner ended in Eugeniusz Mentis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but C.S.D Punta Ballena's Jorrin Artiz did a great save. After 82 played minutes C.S.D Punta Ballena got a freekick which was hit by Celso Martel. Jorrin Artiz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khamzat Chimaev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jorrin Artiz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herbert Basinski in the 87th minute of the match. If Khamzat Chimaev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zbyszek Kaider showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vito Alsina in the 96th minute of the match. MZetowe Mastodonty's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.