U23 World League

EDE CT
Spectators: 7875 (Terracing: 5907, Seating: 1811, VIP seats: 157) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Wanderson Valencia made the kick off which started today's match. Ekhi Muelas made in the 8th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Espiridion Barrientos however managed to control. Sandrinho Cunha in the 15thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Alejandro Landa, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Militros F.C.'s attentive Evert Skräddare managed to snatch the ball when Cugat Fonticoba made a throw-in in the 18th minute of the game. Wanderson Valencia had several of the Nueva Adalucia's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 18 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Alejandro Landa as he didn't even see the shot coming. Alejandro Landa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wanderson Valencia in the 25th minute of play. When Peru Lillo fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nueva Adalucia's protests and gave Peru Lillo a yellow card for diving instead. In the 33rd minute, Peru Lillo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 34 minutes into the match, Militros F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Behe Etxeberria came free, but Gerd Pollmann reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wanderson Valencia in the 35th minute of play forced Nueva Adalucia's goalkeeper Alejandro Landa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gerd Pollmann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Behe Etxeberria in the 37th minute of play. Nueva Adalucia's Alejandro Landa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Nueva Adalucia from getting a goal against them. Gerd Pollmann came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by Nueva Adalucia's Behe Etxeberria. But to his dismay, Behe Etxeberria quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1.

The wind increased when Leopoldo Ramis made the kick off in the second half. Sandrinho Cunha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Leopoldo Ramis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Gerd Pollmann made a huge save. 57 minutes into the match, Nueva Adalucia's goal looked a bit too open when Wanderson Valencia came free, but Alejandro Landa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gerd Pollmann took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arsenio Erico, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute, Sandrinho Cunha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Taio Albizua took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 67th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gerd Pollmann. Militros F.C.'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 72ndth minute of the game Paulão Freire who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nueva Adalucia's Alejandro Landa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 75 minutes into the match, Nueva Adalucia's goal looked a bit too open when Cosimo Tagliente came free, but Alejandro Landa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gerd Pollmann made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Arsenio Erico sent off a good shot on target. In the 77th minute, Sandrinho Cunha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Espiridion Barrientos got free with Gerd Pollmann in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alejandro Landa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cosimo Tagliente, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alejandro Landa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sandrinho Cunha in the 83rd minute of the match. Alejandro Landa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paulão Freire's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. After 91 minutes, Paulão Freire mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Militros F.C. and the Nueva Adalucia players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nueva Adalucia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.