U23 World League

Ibarsusi Stadium
Spectators: 7777 (Terracing: 5833, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) With a little luck, los nadies's Anselmo Lucila got control of the ball when Gav Smith tried to sneak it across the goal line. los nadies's Anselmo Lucila proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save los nadies from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guifre Gorbin in the 10th minute of play forced Spartak de Txurdi's goalkeeper Mikolaj Grunwalski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12thth minute of the game Osman Nuri Enver who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Spartak de Txurdi's Mikolaj Grunwalski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gav Smith got free with Anselmo Lucila in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 16 minutes, Ahmet Gökalp Taçkın mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Spartak de Txurdi and the los nadies players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 17 played minutes Spartak de Txurdi got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Gökalp Taçkın. After 18 played minutes Horacio Hernandez rounded los nadies's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Mikolaj Grunwalski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Koldobika in the 21st minute of play. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Simon Koldobika put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mikolaj Grunwalski. Gav Smith received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Anselmo Lucila tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anselmo Lucila took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gav Smith, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the game, Horacio Hernandez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Anselmo Lucila was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simon Koldobika in the 38th minute of play forced Spartak de Txurdi's goalkeeper Mikolaj Grunwalski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 39 played minutes Spartak de Txurdi got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Gökalp Taçkın. In the 40th minute of the match Ola Bukaka sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mikolaj Grunwalski skillfully saved the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Anselmo Lucila made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liberto Merino in the 53rd minute of play. With a little luck, Spartak de Txurdi's Mikolaj Grunwalski got control of the ball when Guifre Gorbin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Simon Koldobika could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Mikolaj Grunwalski made a huge save. 58 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. Filipe Meneses charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Filipe Meneses the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 60th match minute, Spartak de Txurdi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filipe Meneses to maneuver through the defense. Felix Remicio hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. The supporters of los nadies booed when Spartak de Txurdi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filipe Meneses didn't get a good kick on the ball. Spartak de Txurdi made a substitution. Regis Jaen replaced Evelio Senin. In the 67th minute, Filipe Meneses hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 72 minutes into the match, Guifre Gorbin notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Spartak de Txurdi's Mikolaj Grunwalski. Mikolaj Grunwalski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Anselmo Lucila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liberto Merino in the 75th minute of the match. Mikolaj Grunwalski made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Simon Koldobika sent off a good shot on target. In the 83rd minute, Simon Koldobika ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mikolaj Grunwalski was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. The referee felt a red card was in order, 89 minutes into the game, when Ahmet Gökalp Taçkın put in a rough tackle. A collision led to Spartak de Txurdi getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Ahmet Gökalp Taçkın hit a great ball. Mikolaj Grunwalski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ola Bukaka in the 91st minute of play. Mikolaj Grunwalski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Guifre Gorbin went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. The Spartak de Txurdi fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. los nadies were clearly better and deserved to take the win.