U23 World League

La Petardera
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Iván Sotomayor took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iván Sotomayor in the 3rd minute of play forced Fumasche's goalkeeper Conrado Liberto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zacarias Sambrano's late challenge caught a Fumasche's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zacarias Sambrano helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th minute, Zacarias Sambrano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Romain Riquelme received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Xamo Viladrosa came out and tried to block the shot, but Romain Riquelme slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 5th minute. Xamo Viladrosa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Romain Riquelme in the 9th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Romain Riquelme could shoot a difficult shot in the 16th minute, which Xamo Viladrosa however easily saved by the left post. Xamo Viladrosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Horado in the 17th minute of play. Xamo Viladrosa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romain Riquelme, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Eleazar in the 41st minute of play forced Balkes FC's goalkeeper Xamo Viladrosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Fumasche booed when Balkes FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zacarias Sambrano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xamo Viladrosa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Romain Riquelme in the 44th minute. In the 48th match minute, Balkes FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zacarias Sambrano to maneuver through the defense. 49 minutes into the match, Fumasche's Santos Ponciano broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Romain Riquelme to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Pedro Horado managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fumasche's supporters rose to their feet, but Pedro Horado was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Xamo Viladrosa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 56th minute, Iván Sotomayor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mikeldi Barzana lost his temper 59 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 59th minute of the game. One of Balkes FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Fumasche:s goal. Romain Riquelme hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. 68 minutes into the game, Romain Riquelme cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Xamo Viladrosa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 74 played minutes Balkes FC got a freekick which was hit by Iván Sotomayor. 77 minutes into the match, Fumasche's Romain Riquelme sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Xamo Viladrosa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Xamo Viladrosa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Romain Riquelme went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Iván Sotomayor hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Xamo Viladrosa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romain Riquelme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 99 minutes into the match, Balkes FC's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Horado came free, but Xamo Viladrosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 100th minute Gabriel Eleazar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xamo Viladrosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.