U23 World League

Los Campos Eliseos
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) Efrain Ramone started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Mete Culiță showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nick Daniels, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Cornel Ulici fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mete Culiță having to interfere. After 12 played minutes Aioros FC got a freekick which was hit by Guillermo Güega. SK Mons's Alex Pihl proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save SK Mons from getting a goal against them. In the 19th minute Nick Daniels shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mete Culiță saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lennart Libesoons sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 23 played minutes SK Mons got a freekick which was hit by Ulisses Sá. Mete Culiță showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nick Daniels in the 26th minute of the match. SK Mons's Alex Pihl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Efrain Ramone in the 29th minute of play. Mete Culiță stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nick Daniels's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Alex Pihl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Efrain Ramone in the 33rd minute of play. Tombolo Wa Kadima D'AoustDaoust's late challenge caught a SK Mons's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tombolo Wa Kadima D'AoustDaoust helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Aioros FC's Tombolo Wa Kadima D'AoustDaoust got a free kick in the 34th minute. Mete Culiță showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nick Daniels, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Nick Daniels spun around in front of the goal 47 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Aioros FC's goal.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nick Daniels to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, SK Mons was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cornel Ulici to maneuver through the defense. Dolcet Albiz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 59th minute SK Mons were awarded a corner. Peng Xu went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on SK Mons's corner Peng Xu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mete Culiță quite easily take care of the ball. In the 63rd minute, Lennart Libesoons hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SK Mons's Ruben Smidts was substituted for Ulisses Sá. In the 65th minute of the match Patricio Bezanilla shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alex Pihl showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Nick Daniels might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mete Culiță. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nick Daniels ran back to his position shaking his head. Nick Daniels could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Mete Culiță made a huge save. In the 73rd minute of the game Venceslao Gargante made a throw-in which Efrain Ramone played forward. After 76 played minutes Aioros FC got a freekick which was hit by Eneko Cardarda. If Nick Daniels had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute, Nick Daniels 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. When Nick Daniels came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the SK Mons 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 Nick Daniels couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Aioros FC's Dolcet Albiz got a free kick in the 86th minute. Alex Pihl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Efrain Ramone in the 90th minute of the match. A collision led to SK Mons getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Peng Xu hit a great ball. After 94 played minutes SK Mons got a freekick which was hit by Nick Daniels. Mete Culiță made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lennart Libesoons in the 96th minute.