U23 World League

Monumental Marathon
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) In the 5th minute, Universitario's Papi Saron dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Universitario's Papi Saron got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alejandro Mikolas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iraido Arnaez in the 16th minute of play. Alejandro Mikolas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Papi Saron in the 18th minute. 20 minutes into the game, Papi Saron cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Alejandro Mikolas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Papi Saron struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Alejandro Mikolas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Universitario. Cirilo Escobar's late challenge caught a Universitario's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cirilo Escobar helped the player get up and apologised. 44 minutes into the match, El Stradivarius's goalkeeper Alejandro Mikolas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Papi Saron. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Papi Saron to make the kick off. A collision led to El Stradivarius getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Marciano Calisto hit a great ball. Alejandro Mikolas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Papi Saron in the 59th minute of the match. Alejandro Mikolas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Papi Saron in the 62nd minute of the match. The supporters of El Stradivarius booed when Universitario was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nesor Ennecon didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 71st minute Ramon Urbez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guillen Mijangos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th minute, Papi Saron made a precise shot to the right of Alejandro Mikolas. El Stradivarius's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. In the 92nd minute, Papi Saron left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Universitario fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. 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. Universitario fully deserved thier win.