U23 World League

Merceron Arena
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alex De Toni started the match with the kick off. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Amancio Lando proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP from getting a goal against them. 7 minutes into the match, LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goal looked a bit too open when Emilio Conti came free, but Amancio Lando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Merceron United's Alex De Toni slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Amancio Lando. That made the score 1-0 after 9 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ennio Guidoni in the 13th minute of play forced LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goalkeeper Amancio Lando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amancio Lando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Conti in the 15th minute of the match. Saverio Caradaro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristoforo Iacomini having to interfere. With his leg Amancio Lando managed to avoid a goal in the 29thth minute, when Merceron United's Alex De Toni fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Amancio Lando proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP from getting a goal against them. In the 38th minute, Emilio Conti reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Amancio Lando. The goal made the score 2-0. Alex De Toni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Amancio Lando tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Amancio Lando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emilio Conti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 47 played minutes LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP got a freekick which was hit by Amado Tome. 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 Saverio Caradaro made the kick off in the second half. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Amancio Lando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex De Toni in the 53rd minute of play. Alex De Toni recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 61st minute Arrigo Di Crescenzo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amancio Lando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 62 minutes into the match, LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goal looked a bit too open when Alex De Toni came free, but Amancio Lando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex De Toni in the 64th minute of play forced LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goalkeeper Amancio Lando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amancio Lando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ennio Guidoni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 68th minute Alex De Toni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amancio Lando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th match minute, Merceron United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex De Toni to maneuver through the defense. Amancio Lando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ennio Guidoni in the 72nd minute of the match. Amancio Lando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ennio Guidoni in the 74th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emilio Conti in the 76th minute of play forced LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goalkeeper Amancio Lando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 77 minutes into the match, LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goal looked a bit too open when Ennio Guidoni came free, but Amancio Lando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Amancio Lando didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alex De Toni went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Amancio Lando made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emilio Conti in the 83rd minute of play. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Amancio Lando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex De Toni in the 84th minute of play. Amancio Lando showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex De Toni, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 94th minute, LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Pablo Etxahun dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. Merceron United's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.