U23 World League

Cilindro Glorioso
Spectators: 7537 (Terracing: 5654, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Nikola Ramos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Jeremias Kismi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikola Ramos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 13th match minute, Auriolam II C.F. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bitxintxo Zamora to maneuver through the defense. Illan Sirvent made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Lucila in the 14th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gaizka Coira in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jeremias Kismi saved TotoRACING from getting behind. After 22 minutes, Norberto Pelagius mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TotoRACING and the Auriolam II C.F. players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to TotoRACING getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Norberto Pelagius hit a great ball. Nikola Ramos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jeremias Kismi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. Norberto Pelagiuss short, quick shot in the 32ndth minute got Illan Sirvent to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Auriolam II C.F.'s Illan Sirvent played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norberto Pelagius in the 34th minute of play. The corner led TotoRACING's Elvio Quinten to fire away a dangerous shot which Illan Sirvent despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience was convinced that Roberto Lucila's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Illan Sirvent was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Elvio Quinten hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. When Higinio Romelio came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the TotoRACING 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 Higinio Romelio couldn't finish the play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Roberto Lucila to make the kick off. Rafael Illart charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rafael Illart the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, TotoRACING's Rafael Illart got a free kick in the 58th minute. Leon Iturri's late challenge caught a Auriolam II C.F.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leon Iturri helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Auriolam II C.F. booed when TotoRACING was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leon Iturri didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 66th minute Higinio Romelio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Illan Sirvent saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Roberto Lucila sped through Auriolam II C.F.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Illan Sirvent. In the 71st minute Nikola Ramos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Kismi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lalla Cabrera kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. In the 76th minute, Norberto Pelagius sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Auriolam II C.F.'s Illan Sirvent didn't even have to move. After 78 minutes of play, TotoRACING's Elvio Quinten made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Illan Sirvent was left in no man's land by his defense there! 83 minutes into the match, TotoRACING's goalkeeper Jeremias Kismi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gaizka Coira. Norberto Pelagius might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Illan Sirvent. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Norberto Pelagius ran back to his position shaking his head. 88 minutes into the match, Elvio Quinten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Illan Sirvent. Auriolam II C.F.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Elvio Quinten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. Auriolam II C.F.'s Illan Sirvent played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Lucila in the 92nd minute of play. 94 minutes into the game, Elvio Quinten cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-1. Illan Sirvent was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. TotoRACING were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Auriolam II C.F. for a fine match.