U21 World League

La Villa
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Jaunius Petkevičius made the kick off and thus started the match. Giannis Gounaris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Iban in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th minute, Lucas Langoni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Giannis Gounaris was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 7th match minute, FC Karamba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pau Cubarsí to maneuver through the defense. In the 12th minute Lucas Langoni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giannis Gounaris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute, Manuel Iban reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Giannis Gounaris. The goal made the score 2-0. 23 minutes into the match, FC Karamba's goalkeeper Giannis Gounaris had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lucas Langoni. 25 minutes into the match, Yiyo Blea notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Rene Higuita. Rene Higuita was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Manuel Iban fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giannis Gounaris having to interfere. 30 minutes into the match, Manuel Iban dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Giannis Gounaris, 3-1. After a rather tough play, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Guillermo Kopola got a free kick in the 32nd minute. FC Karamba's Jaunius Petkevičius managed to work through ..Villa Rugby Club..'s defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Jaunius Petkevičius dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaunius Petkevičius in the 37th minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Rene Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to ..Villa Rugby Club.. getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Anselmo Mateus hit a great ball. Rene Higuita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maksymilian Cisek in the 41st minute of play. Guillermo Kopola hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. 47 minutes into the match, Eddi Ramkilde had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rene Higuita. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eddi Ramkilde was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

The wind increased when Lucas Langoni made the kick off in the second half. Manuel Iban recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lucas Langoni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ..Villa Rugby Club.. were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after FC Karamba's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Manuel Iban took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Manuel Iban got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Giannis Gounaris quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. FC Karamba's Jaunius Petkevičius got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roque James in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Giannis Gounaris saved FC Karamba from getting behind. Rene Higuita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yiyo Blea in the 77th minute. Rene Higuita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jaunius Petkevičius in the 81st minute. 82 minutes into the game, Eddi Ramkilde recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rene Higuita. Eddi Ramkilde showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-3. Jaunius Petkevičius made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 87thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Rene Higuita would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. FC Karamba's Giannis Gounaris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roque James in the 88th minute of play. If Roque James had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Rene Higuita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oskaras Matulaitis in the 94th minute of play. Giannis Gounaris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Iban in the 95th minute of play. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.