U23 World League

EL MONUMENTAL
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dino Straumann started the match with the kick off. Juergen Beyeler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Teodosio Isauro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 8 minutes into the match, LOS MENTI's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Bigler came free, but Teodosio Isauro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 10 minutes, Juergen Beyeler managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Juergen Beyeler was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's Gualtier Jetté proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save THE ROKERY PIMKIS from getting a goal against them. Teodosio Isauro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dino Straumann's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Teodosio Isauro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dino Straumann in the 20th minute of play. Dino Straumann charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dino Straumann the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 21 played minutes THE ROKERY PIMKIS got a freekick which was hit by Dino Straumann. 28 minutes into the match, Dino Straumann had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Teodosio Isauro. LOS MENTI's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dino Straumann was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 35th match minute, LOS MENTI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Orlando Walme to maneuver through the defense. Teodosio Isauro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Bigler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ivan Bigler scored 0-3 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Teodosio Isauro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Teodosio Isauro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dino Straumann in the 48th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Omar Cuartio to strike the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the LOS MENTI defense, Dino Straumann kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Teodosio Isauro. The LOS MENTI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Teodosio Isauro should have stopped the shot. Prudencio Roano charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Prudencio Roano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 57th match minute, LOS MENTI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Prudencio Roano to maneuver through the defense. Juergen Beyeler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Teodosio Isauro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Teodosio Isauro was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Michel Christen showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 64 minute of play. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's Henry Rölli was substituted for Jonas Lipp. Gualtier Jetté didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joaquin Miliano went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Bigler in the 75th minute of play forced LOS MENTI's goalkeeper Teodosio Isauro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Omar Cuartio took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gualtier Jetté. Gualtier Jetté dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-5. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 80th minute of the game. One of THE ROKERY PIMKIS:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of LOS MENTI:s goal. 85 minutes into the game, Joaquin Miliano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. LOS MENTI's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave THE ROKERY PIMKIS the free kick. In the 85th match minute, LOS MENTI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquin Miliano to maneuver through the defense. Claudio Tanguay succeeded in the game's 86th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-6. LOS MENTI's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Claudio Tanguay 89 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 3-7. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's Gualtier Jetté played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Natalio Guillelmus in the 95th minute of play. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.