U21 World League

Diamond Parck
Spectators: 9239 (Terracing: 6930, Seating: 2125, VIP seats: 184) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bogdan Bogdanović took the kick off in the first half of the match. Higinio Polo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marin Ciulei, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 6 minutes into the match, ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s goal looked a bit too open when Marin Ciulei came free, but Higinio Polo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Higinio Polo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogdan Bogdanović in the 7th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmund Piszczor in the 9th minute of play forced ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s goalkeeper Higinio Polo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Higinio Polo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ from getting a goal against them. A collision led to ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Arnaldo Ortega hit a great ball. Higinio Polo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bogdan Bogdanović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute Edmund Piszczor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Higinio Polo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lionel-Andrés Iniesta's late challenge caught a Club 23's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lionel-Andrés Iniesta helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Lionel-Andrés Iniesta got a free kick in the 19th minute. When Jonathan Cordario fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s protests and gave Jonathan Cordario a yellow card for diving instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bogdan Bogdanović got free with Higinio Polo in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Higinio Polo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmund Piszczor in the 23rd minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, Bogdan Bogdanović had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Higinio Polo. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bogdan Bogdanović was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nicasio Belmiro in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nistor Porumbescu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Nicasio Belmiro in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Club 23's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Nicasio Belmiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nistor Porumbescu was relentless in the 39th minute of the game.

♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Ovidio Mateo was substituted for Nicasio Belmiro. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ made a substitution. Mauro Astudillo replaced Arnaldo Ortega. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lionel-Andrés Iniesta made a kick off. 54 minutes into the match, ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s goal looked a bit too open when Bogdan Bogdanović came free, but Higinio Polo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute Marin Ciulei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Higinio Polo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ovidio Mateo in the 58th minute of play forced Club 23's goalkeeper Nistor Porumbescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Higinio Polo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmund Piszczor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chu Kuan Guo hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Ferdinand Voicu hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. In the 69th match minute, ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gonza Maradona to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Cordario kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Mauro Astudillo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Nistor Porumbescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 87 minutes, Nistor Porumbescu successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Nistor Porumbescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chu Kuan Guo in the 89th minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Ferdinand Voicu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94th match minute, ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mauro Astudillo to maneuver through the defense.