U23 World League

El Coliseo
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Manuel Hug recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 6 minutes, Eustaquio Frechoso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ and the Ciclista FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 5th minute. Penalty! The audience was convinced that Lv Ang Si's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roman Kolobov was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. In the 9th match minute, Ciclista FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Justo Osorio to maneuver through the defense. After 13 minutes of play, ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s Fernan Eate made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Crişan Taffarel was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 16th play minute Lv Ang Si came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Roman Kolobov. 1-1. Manuel Hug's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Roman Kolobov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. Erasmo Beti's late challenge caught a Ciclista FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Erasmo Beti helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Erasmo Beti hit a great ball. Lv Ang Sis short, quick shot in the 23rdth minute got Roman Kolobov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 29th minute of the match Ciclista FC got a corner. ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Amador Francesco ran over to the corner to take the kick. The supporters of Ciclista FC booed when ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fernan Eate didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roman Kolobov made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Amador Francesco sent off a good shot on target. Ciclista FC's Crişan Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernan Eate in the 31st minute of play. In the 32nd minute Rogelio Duarte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Crişan Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Lv Ang Si kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Roman Kolobov. That made the score 2-1 in the 38 minute of play. In the 44th minute, Manuel Hug reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Roman Kolobov. The goal made the score 3-1. Crişan Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angel Gervaso, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lv Ang Si made a kick off. 55 minutes into the game, Ciclista FC's Manuel Hug nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Roman Kolobov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Roman Kolobov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Hug, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roman Kolobov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amador Francesco, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. In the 65th minute Lv Ang Si shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Kolobov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 69 minutes, Crişan Taffarel successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Crişan Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angel Gervaso in the 71st minute of the match. Crişan Taffarel made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Fernan Eate sent off a good shot on target. Manuel Hug scored 5-1 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roman Kolobov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Roman Kolobov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Hug in the 81st minute of play. Roman Kolobov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lv Ang Si, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Crişan Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angel Gervaso, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Amador Francesco hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. After 86 played minutes, ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s Eustaquio Frechoso shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Crişan Taffarel came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ reached it. Roman Kolobov didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Ciclista FC's Lv Ang Si shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-1 in the ordered_time% minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rigoberto Flores during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 93 played minutes Ciclista FC got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Flores. Roman Kolobov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lv Ang Si, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.