U23 World League

Estadio La Escuelita
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Legacy Youth Academy's Lisandro Diagur started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Wilfredo Oliveiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Péter Čech had in the 21stth minute some difficulties stopping Lisandro Diagur's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Lisandro Diagur had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Péter Čech. Şamaxı Bankirlər's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lisandro Diagur was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Legacy Youth Academy's Roberto Quirze got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Şamaxı Bankirlər's Péter Čech proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Şamaxı Bankirlər from getting a goal against them. In the 28th minute Yaqub Aydinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lisandro Rameriz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Péter Čech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roberto Quirze, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Şamaxı Bankirlər's Péter Čech proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Şamaxı Bankirlər from getting a goal against them. Péter Čech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lisandro Diagur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 Yaqub Aydinov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 54 played minutes Legacy Youth Academy got a freekick which was hit by Jeremias Marcones. After 55 minutes, Aqil Bağiyev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Şamaxı Bankirlər and the Legacy Youth Academy players grew even worse after the yellow card. Roberto Quirze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lisandro Diagur in the 58th minute of play forced Şamaxı Bankirlər's goalkeeper Péter Čech to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Şamaxı Bankirlər defense, Lisandro Diagur kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Péter Čech. The Şamaxı Bankirlər fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Péter Čech should have stopped the shot. When Roberto Quirze came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Legacy Youth Academy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Roberto Quirze couldn't finish the play. Lisandro Diagur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Péter Čech having to interfere. 70 minutes into the match, Şamaxı Bankirlər's goal looked a bit too open when Lisandro Diagur came free, but Péter Čech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lisandro Rameriz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loğman Hacibabayev in the 71st minute of the match. Péter Čech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lisandro Diagur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute Aqil Bağiyev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lisandro Rameriz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Legacy Youth Academy's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.