U23 World League

El Cilindro
Spectators: 7455 (Terracing: 5592, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Eloy Atarrabi took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nereo Kemen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Enrique Garaona made a huge save. In the 18th play minute Nereo Kemen came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Enrique Garaona. 1-0. In the 26th minute, Nereo Kemen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Angel Etxeberri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teodosio Guillen, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gilberto Munio during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Academia FC booed when Club Atletico Los Andes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilberto Munio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Angel Etxeberri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilberto Munio, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eloy Atarrabi in the 44th minute of play forced Academia FC's goalkeeper Angel Etxeberri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th match minute, Academia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nereo Kemen to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jorge Martxot stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Angelo Ireno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 54th minute Nereo Kemen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Enrique Garaona saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jorge Martxot in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Enrique Garaona saved Club Atletico Los Andes from getting behind. Club Atletico Los Andes's Enrique Garaona played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jorge Martxot in the 62nd minute of play. A collision led to Academia FC getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Angelo Ireno hit a great ball. Jorge Martxot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enrique Garaona having to interfere. Nereo Kemen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enrique Garaona having to interfere. During the 78th minute of the match Gilberto Munio completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Gilberto Munio a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Academia FC booed when Club Atletico Los Andes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilberto Munio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Academia FC's Jorge Martxot got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 84th minute, Silvano Gorbea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Angelo Ireno sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 88 minutes into the match, Jorge Martxot had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Enrique Garaona. Club Atletico Los Andes's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jorge Martxot was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. A collision led to Academia FC getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Constantino Rodriguez hit a great ball. Academia FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Club Atletico Los Andes for a fine match.