U23 World League

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Spectators: 7723 (Terracing: 5793, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) Dario Benedetto made the kick off and thus started the match. Denis Cidro charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Denis Cidro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Denis Cidro hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute, Mateo Mantzio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DξPΘЯΤIVØ 25 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Di Bu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mateo Mantzio in the 14th minute of play. In the 17th minute, Mario Cesaro got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to DξPΘЯΤIVØ 25 getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Denis Cidro hit a great ball. Hugo Gatti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danilo Martinez, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After 32 played minutes ManagerZone Academy got a freekick which was hit by Marcelo Nofre. 33 minutes into the match, DξPΘЯΤIVØ 25's Marciano Balasi broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mario Cesaro got free with Di Bu in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Cidro in the 42nd minute of play forced ManagerZone Academy's goalkeeper Di Bu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Di Bu came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by DξPΘЯΤIVØ 25's Denis Cidro. But to his dismay, Denis Cidro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

DξPΘЯΤIVØ 25 made a substitution. Adam Bareiro replaced Mario Cesaro. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Moises Marcones stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of ManagerZone Academy booed when DξPΘЯΤIVØ 25 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adam Bareiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as ManagerZone Academy's Moises Marcones slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hugo Gatti. That made the score 2-1 after 56 minutes of play. 61 minutes into the game, Mateo Mantzio cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Di Bu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 72 minutes into the game, Adam Bareiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Di Bu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marciano Balasi's late challenge caught a ManagerZone Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marciano Balasi helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to DξPΘЯΤIVØ 25 getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Marciano Balasi hit a great ball. Hugo Gatti didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Moises Marcones went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. Adam Bareiro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Di Bu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. Marcelino Oxarra kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. When Evaristo Vasco fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ManagerZone Academy's protests and gave Evaristo Vasco a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to ManagerZone Academy getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Evaristo Vasco hit a great ball. Mateo Mantzio's late challenge caught a ManagerZone Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mateo Mantzio helped the player get up and apologised. In the 96th minute, Mateo Mantzio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natalio Jacob in the 98th minute of play forced DξPΘЯΤIVØ 25's goalkeeper Hugo Gatti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When ManagerZone Academy's Natalio Jacob in the 98th minute got a chance for a shot 98th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye DξPΘЯΤIVØ 25's goalie prevented a goal. When the referee blew the final whistle, DξPΘЯΤIVØ 25 could leave the field as winners, despite ManagerZone Academy having more of the ball for most of the match.