U23 World League

Ciudad Universitaria
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Justo Tohias kicked off to start the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 3 minutes into the game, when Fernando Belarmo put in a rough tackle. After a rather tough play, Cougars FC's Justo Tohias got a free kick in the 5th minute. 7 minutes into the match, Cougars FC's goal looked a bit too open when 高桦傲 came free, but Romeo Pedroso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, 【№1】武汉三镇队's Levent Osenov got a free kick in the 7th minute. Levent Osenov's late challenge caught a Cougars FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Levent Osenov helped the player get up and apologised. Romeo Pedroso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 高桦傲 in the 17th minute of the match. Guillermo Iratze fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 邵景朗 having to interfere. With a little luck, 【№1】武汉三镇队's 邵景朗 got control of the ball when Pascual Luzaide tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Guillermo Iratze kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving 邵景朗. That made the score 1-0 in the 23 minute of play. 【№1】武汉三镇队's 邵景朗 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guillermo Iratze in the 26th minute of play. The supporters of 【№1】武汉三镇队 booed when Cougars FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Victoriano Tulio didn't get a good kick on the ball. 27 minutes into the match, 【№1】武汉三镇队's 邓诚延 broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. A sloppy throw-in by Oscar Lalla in the 36th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by 【№1】武汉三镇队's 鲁耀瑜. 陈坤誉 kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guillermo Iratze in the 42nd minute of play forced 【№1】武汉三镇队's goalkeeper 邵景朗 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Pascual Luzaide could shoot a difficult shot in the 44th minute, which 邵景朗 however easily saved by the left post. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

An unexpectedly hard shot by 高桦傲 in the 52nd minute of play forced Cougars FC's goalkeeper Romeo Pedroso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romeo Pedroso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 贺诚挺, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lin Zhen Yuan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Romeo Pedroso having to make a save. The crowd rose to their feet as 陈坤誉 kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Romeo Pedroso. That made the score 1-1 in the 62 minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, 【№1】武汉三镇队's goal looked a bit too open when Guillermo Iratze came free, but 邵景朗 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 邵景朗 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pascual Luzaide, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute, Pascual Luzaide left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cougars FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. After 84 played minutes 【№1】武汉三镇队 got a freekick which was hit by 贺诚挺. In the 87th minute of the match, 高桦傲 got a very nice opportunity to score, but Romeo Pedroso was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 94th minute, 【№1】武汉三镇队's 傅亦阳 seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed 傅亦阳 the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of 【№1】武汉三镇队 protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and 傅亦阳 had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 93 minutes into the game, one of 【№1】武汉三镇队:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the referee blew the final whistle, Cougars FC could leave the field as winners, despite 【№1】武汉三镇队 having more of the ball for most of the match.