U23 World League

Eduardo Galeano
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Spartak de Txurdi's Liberto Merino started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Spartak de Txurdi getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Horacio Hernandez hit a great ball. The supporters of los nadies booed when Spartak de Txurdi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juanito Arribas didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gav Smith in the 13th minute of play forced los nadies's goalkeeper Anselmo Lucila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind los nadies's goalkeeper Anselmo Lucila, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mikolaj Grunwalski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Simon Koldobika went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. 35 minutes into the match, Spartak de Txurdi's Gav Smith sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anselmo Lucila narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 39 minutes into the match, Spartak de Txurdi's goalkeeper Mikolaj Grunwalski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Simon Koldobika. In the 44th minute, Ahmet Gökalp Taçkın hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mikolaj Grunwalski made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Cenan Ergüven sent off a good shot on target. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Simon Koldobika made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Osman Nuri Enver shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikolaj Grunwalski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mikolaj Grunwalski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Koldobika in the 51st minute of play. Mikolaj Grunwalski came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by los nadies's Simon Koldobika. But to his dismay, Simon Koldobika quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. A collision led to los nadies getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Felix Remicio hit a great ball. Anselmo Lucila made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liberto Merino in the 58th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Spartak de Txurdi's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Koldobika came free, but Mikolaj Grunwalski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anselmo Lucila made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gav Smith in the 62nd minute. Gav Smith could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Anselmo Lucila made a huge save. In the 64th match minute, Spartak de Txurdi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xaiver Lopez de Toro to maneuver through the defense. Mikolaj Grunwalski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Koldobika in the 66th minute of play. Anselmo Lucila took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Horacio Hernandez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mikolaj Grunwalski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmílson Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Mikolaj Grunwalski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnaldo Arnas, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. The audience was convinced that Simon Koldobika's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mikolaj Grunwalski was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice moves Gav Smith could shoot a difficult shot in the 84th minute, which Anselmo Lucila however easily saved by the left post. Mikolaj Grunwalski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Koldobika in the 88th minute of play. Spartak de Txurdi's Mikolaj Grunwalski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Simon Koldobika in the 88th minute of play. Abel Koldobika hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. In the 96th minute of the match Gav Smith sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Anselmo Lucila skillfully saved the ball. When the referee ended the match the los nadies players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.