U23 World League

Tierra de fuego
Spectators: 7756 (Terracing: 5819, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Herminio Ignado started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Golden Dragón F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Rafael Erramun came free, but Florin Quelia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 4th match minute, Liberland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pastor Rutenio to maneuver through the defense. Florin Quelia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafael Erramun, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Gaueko Fariñada's late challenge caught a Liberland's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gaueko Fariñada helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Golden Dragón F.C getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Gaueko Fariñada hit a great ball. Marcos Llope made in the 12th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Golden Dragón F.C's Dominguez Guitian. A collision led to Golden Dragón F.C getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Gaitano Reza hit a great ball. In the 15th match minute, Liberland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcos Llope to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herminio Ignado in the 18th minute of play forced Golden Dragón F.C's goalkeeper Florin Quelia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dominguez Guitian kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Florin Quelia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herminio Ignado in the 25th minute of the match. A collision led to Golden Dragón F.C getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Dominguez Guitian hit a great ball. Golden Dragón F.C's Florin Quelia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Erramun in the 28th minute of play. In the 29th minute of the match Liberland got a corner. Golden Dragón F.C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pastor Rutenio ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Esteve Pudes managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The crowd rose to their feet as Golden Dragón F.C's Joaquim Pereta slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Carmelo Hurko. That made the score 1-0 after 36 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Erramun in the 39th minute of play forced Golden Dragón F.C's goalkeeper Florin Quelia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 40 minutes Golden Dragón F.C's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pastor Rutenio who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Liberland's Esteve Pudes getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. When Marcos Llope fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Liberland's protests and gave Marcos Llope a yellow card for diving instead. In the 42nd match minute, Liberland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcos Llope to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The wind increased when Joaquim Pereta made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Golden Dragón F.C's Florin Quelia got control of the ball when Herminio Ignado tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Liberland's zone, Paskal Panguision stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carmelo Hurko came out of the goal and Paskal Panguision tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 62 minutes into the game, Golden Dragón F.C's Joaquim Pereta nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Carmelo Hurko made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. The supporters of Golden Dragón F.C booed when Liberland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcos Llope didn't get a good kick on the ball. Carmelo Hurko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquim Pereta in the 70th minute of the match. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by Liberland's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joaquim Pereta was slow to take the kick. During this time Golden Dragón F.C's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Golden Dragón F.C's corner Joaquim Pereta fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Carmelo Hurko quite easily take care of the ball. Carmelo Hurko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquim Pereta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 84 minutes of play, Liberland's Rafael Erramun made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Florin Quelia was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gaitano Reza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Carmelo Hurko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gaitano Reza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Carmelo Hurko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 95th match minute, Liberland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Omar Eudoxio to maneuver through the defense. Golden Dragón F.C's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.