U21 World League

ESTADIO APPLE ARENA
Spectators: 7537 (Terracing: 5654, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Cruz Valsera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio Olarticoechea in the 2nd minute of the match. Cruz Valsera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julio Olarticoechea, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. A collision led to FITO APPLE TEAM getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Ildefonso Andibidria hit a great ball. Valentin Manex kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Aldo Gonzalez took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 10th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Benicio Senen. AFC FUSION's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ildefonso Andibidria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in FITO APPLE TEAM's zone, Julio Olarticoechea stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cruz Valsera came out of the goal and Julio Olarticoechea tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, AFC FUSION's Saverio Ederono got a free kick in the 17th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eulalio Estades in the 19th minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Benicio Senen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Silvestre Veronica's late challenge caught a FITO APPLE TEAM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Silvestre Veronica helped the player get up and apologised. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aldo Gonzalez got free with Benicio Senen in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 24th minute, Nunez Arias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cruz Valsera was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 28 minutes into the match, FITO APPLE TEAM's goal looked a bit too open when Nunez Arias came free, but Cruz Valsera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cruz Valsera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nunez Arias in the 32nd minute of play. 35 minutes into the game, Julio Olarticoechea cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Cruz Valsera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aldo Gonzalez kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, AFC FUSION's Silvestre Veronica got a free kick in the 47th minute. In the 48th minute, Eulalio Estades got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nunez Arias stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Ildefonso Andibidria came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the FITO APPLE TEAM 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 Ildefonso Andibidria couldn't finish the play. Carmelo Brais hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Eulalio Estades sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 58th minute, Nunez Arias reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cruz Valsera. The goal made the score 0-3. In the 65th minute, Julio Olarticoechea made a precise shot to the right of Cruz Valsera. FITO APPLE TEAM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Duarte Tofiño sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 77 minutes of play, AFC FUSION's Valentin Manex made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cruz Valsera was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 80th minute, Julio Olarticoechea left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AFC FUSION fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. AFC FUSION's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.