U23 World League

Ciudad de Vte. Lopez
Spectators: 7757 (Terracing: 5820, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Damian Trac started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Mario Ponc mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Platense es de Primera!! and the International Thunders players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Mario Ponc hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Björn Hainl took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 3rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Serafino Tabb. Platense es de Primera!!'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 6 minutes into the match, Platense es de Primera!!'s goal looked a bit too open when Jonas Fydrich came free, but Serafino Tabb reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Serafino Tabb showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Trac in the 8th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Trac in the 8th minute of play forced Platense es de Primera!!'s goalkeeper Serafino Tabb to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Serafino Tabb made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Trac in the 12th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Trac in the 13th minute of play forced Platense es de Primera!!'s goalkeeper Serafino Tabb to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th minute, Jimeno Nel made a precise shot to the right of Ciro Teyo. International Thunders's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Serafino Tabb showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patric Rudersdorfer, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Patric Rudersdorfer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Serafino Tabb having to interfere. Thomas Zielinski took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Serafino Tabb. Serafino Tabb dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 35th minute Jonas Fydrich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serafino Tabb saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. International Thunders's Ciro Teyo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save International Thunders from getting a goal against them. 40 minutes into the match, International Thunders's goal looked a bit too open when Alejandro Chano came free, but Ciro Teyo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, International Thunders's Ciro Teyo got control of the ball when Alejandro Chano tried to sneak it across the goal line. Serafino Tabb took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonas Fydrich, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jimeno Nel to make the kick off. Ciro Teyo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jimeno Nel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 54th minute, Alejandro Chano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Platense es de Primera!!'s Serafino Tabb proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Platense es de Primera!! from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 57 minutes, Thomas Zielinski took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Serafino Tabb to make any attempt to save it. Serafino Tabb made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thomas Zielinski in the 60th minute. In the 61st minute Jaime Pes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro Teyo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damian Trac who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 65thth minute tested the skills of Serafino Tabb when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Platense es de Primera!!'s Serafino Tabb proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Platense es de Primera!! from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as International Thunders's Jonas Fydrich slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Serafino Tabb. That made the score 2-3 after 71 minutes of play. Serafino Tabb took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Björn Hainl, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Serafino Tabb made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Damian Trac sent off a good shot on target. If Jimeno Nel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gonzalo Bartoli hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match.