U23 World League

Congo Bongo Stadium
Spectators: 7628 (Terracing: 5722, Seating: 1754, VIP seats: 152) Rimas Labutis made the kick off and thus started the match. Jonatan Bortzaioriz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 1-0 became the score in the 10th minute when Jonatan Bortzaioriz elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 13 minutes into the match, Geležinis Vilkas's goalkeeper Aldas Saulis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jonatan Bortzaioriz. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Renatas Andriulis during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 16th minute, Ramiro Blai made a precise shot to the right of Aldas Saulis. Geležinis Vilkas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. In the 20th minute, Romualdas Karalius ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Diego Ceresso was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Ramiro Blai recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 29th minute, Faustas Mikalauskas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ramiro Blai could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Aldas Saulis made a huge save. Geležinis Vilkas's Aldas Saulis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Telo in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Congo Bongo's goalkeeper Diego Ceresso, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Congo Bongo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Renatas Andriulis was slow to take the kick. During this time Geležinis Vilkas's players had a chance to rest. Roberto Telo kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Diego Ceresso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romualdas Karalius in the 39th minute of the match. Geležinis Vilkas's Aldas Saulis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Geležinis Vilkas from getting a goal against them. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Victoriano Jerrold in the 53rd minute of play forced Geležinis Vilkas's goalkeeper Aldas Saulis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Victoriano Jerrold had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aldas Saulis. Geležinis Vilkas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Victoriano Jerrold was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Faustas Mikalauskas hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Aldas Saulis came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Congo Bongo's Ramiro Blai. But to his dismay, Ramiro Blai quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Geležinis Vilkas's Aldas Saulis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramiro Blai in the 67th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Ramiro Blai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 70 played minutes Congo Bongo got a freekick which was hit by Arsenio Maraman. Romualdas Karalius kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. In the 79th minute, Victoriano Jerrold left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Congo Bongo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. Geležinis Vilkas's Aldas Saulis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramiro Blai in the 82nd minute of play. In the 83rd minute Ramiro Blai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aldas Saulis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th minute, Jonatan Bortzaioriz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Geležinis Vilkas's Romualdas Karalius slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Diego Ceresso. That made the score 5-2 after 90 minutes of play. In the 97th minute Roberto Telo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aldas Saulis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Congo Bongo fully deserved thier win.