U23 World League

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 7674 (Terracing: 5756, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) Marin Zbuchea's late challenge caught a San Lorenzo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marin Zbuchea helped the player get up and apologised. In the 5th match minute, F.C. YKE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marin Zbuchea to maneuver through the defense. After 6 minutes of play, San Lorenzo's Celestino Toro made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Helmuth Duckadam was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 8 played minutes San Lorenzo got a freekick which was hit by Cipriano Abad. Anier Oidor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ike Schmeichel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Helmuth Duckadam made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arnaldo Bide in the 12th minute. In the 13th minute Celestino Toro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Helmuth Duckadam saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When F.C. YKE's Marin Zbuchea in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye San Lorenzo's goalie prevented a goal. A hard shot 17 in the game by Delmiro Tabor from a close distance when the talented Helmuth Duckadam managed to make a qualified save. F.C. YKE's players were relieved. F.C. YKE's Helmuth Duckadam proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save F.C. YKE from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Marin Zbuchea managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.C. YKE's supporters rose to their feet, but Marin Zbuchea was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anier Oidor breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pavel Soare during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of San Lorenzo booed when F.C. YKE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pavel Soare didn't get a good kick on the ball. Helmuth Duckadam made an important save on a dangerous shot by Delmiro Tabor in the 22nd minute. The supporters of San Lorenzo booed when F.C. YKE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ionică Ike didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Delmiro Tabor got free with Helmuth Duckadam in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Helmuth Duckadam made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Delmiro Tabor sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnaldo Bide in the 29th minute of play forced F.C. YKE's goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 33 minutes into the match, Arnaldo Bide dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Helmuth Duckadam, 2-1. Delmiro Tabor could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Helmuth Duckadam made a huge save. Cipriano Abad's late challenge caught a F.C. YKE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cipriano Abad helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to F.C. YKE getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Emanuel Şimoc hit a great ball. When F.C. YKE's Marin Zbuchea in the 48th minute got a chance for a shot 48th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye San Lorenzo's goalie prevented a goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When San Lorenzo's Arnaldo Bide in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye F.C. YKE's goalie prevented a goal. Anier Oidor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marin Zbuchea in the 62nd minute of the match. Helmuth Duckadam took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Balendin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Delmiro Tabor in the 65th minute of play forced F.C. YKE's goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Helmuth Duckadam showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cipriano Abad, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Helmuth Duckadam showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Balendin in the 69th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Balendin in the 70th minute of play forced F.C. YKE's goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute, Cipriano Abad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Helmuth Duckadam made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celestino Toro in the 80th minute of play. Helmuth Duckadam took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Delmiro Tabor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ike Schmeichel hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. A collision led to San Lorenzo getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Cipriano Abad hit a great ball. There was no doubt that San Lorenzo were the better team. San Lorenzo's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.