U21 World League

Ibarsusi Stadium
Spectators: 8449 (Terracing: 6338, Seating: 1943, VIP seats: 168) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Robbin De Ruyter took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jorge Caetano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liberto Merino, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After 7 played minutes Zero Gravity got a freekick which was hit by Matías Roganov. Jorge Caetano came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by Spartak de Txurdi's Gav Smith. But to his dismay, Gav Smith quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. If Liberto Merino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 21 minutes, Robbin De Ruyter made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Spartak de Txurdi's Mikolaj Grunwalski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 25th minute Mikolaj Ratulowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikolaj Grunwalski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mikolaj Grunwalski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filiberto Bernebe in the 27th minute of play. In the 28th match minute, Zero Gravity was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matías Roganov to maneuver through the defense. In the 29th minute of the match Gav Smith sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jorge Caetano skillfully saved the ball. Jorge Caetano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gav Smith in the 32nd minute. After 33 played minutes Spartak de Txurdi got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Gökalp Taçkın. When Juanito Arribas fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Spartak de Txurdi's protests and gave Juanito Arribas a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Zero Gravity booed when Spartak de Txurdi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juanito Arribas didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Horacio Hernandez from long distance, 38 minutes into the match, got Jorge Caetano's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. The audience was convinced that Robbin De Ruyter's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mikolaj Grunwalski was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. With a little luck, Zero Gravity's Jorge Caetano got control of the ball when Gav Smith tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gav Smith scored 2-1 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jorge Caetano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Liberto Merino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mikolaj Grunwalski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 56th minute. Mikolaj Grunwalski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robbin De Ruyter in the 58th minute of play. Qin Fei Chao charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Qin Fei Chao the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Spartak de Txurdi's Jairo Alvarez was substituted for Juanito Arribas. After a rather tough play, Zero Gravity's Qin Fei Chao got a free kick in the 60th minute. 63 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Gav Smith came free, but Jorge Caetano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 66 minutes, Robbin De Ruyter made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Spartak de Txurdi's Mikolaj Grunwalski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Spartak de Txurdi's Regis Jaen was substituted for Evelio Senin. Mikolaj Ratulowski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Mikolaj Grunwalski made a huge save. When Gav Smith came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Spartak de Txurdi 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 Gav Smith couldn't finish the play. Mikolaj Grunwalski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Qin Fei Chao went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Spartak de Txurdi's Mikolaj Grunwalski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qin Fei Chao in the 88th minute of play. Jorge Caetano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gav Smith, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Gav Smith's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jorge Caetano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 96th minute of play. Spartak de Txurdi's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gav Smith in the 97th minute. After taking down the ball on Spartak de Txurdi's corner Gav Smith fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jorge Caetano quite easily take care of the ball. When Spartak de Txurdi's Regis Jaen in the 97th minute got a chance for a shot 97th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Zero Gravity's goalie prevented a goal. The Spartak de Txurdi supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Zero Gravity's performance. The match ended with a win for Zero Gravity.