U21 World League

Tullidos Stadium
Spectators: 7491 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Academia FC's Rigoberto Medardo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 8th minute, Remir Helguera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Mario Rivero came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Academia FC 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 Mario Rivero couldn't finish the play. After 14 minutes of play, Academia FC's Mario Rivero made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gregory Camarasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alfons Rallo kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Remir Helguera during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Remir Helguera hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Bernabé Morientes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angel Etxeberri having to interfere. Nicolas Salvidor hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Enzo Frantzes kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. After 40 minutes of play, Academia FC's Fausto Argider made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gregory Camarasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Angel Etxeberri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernabé Morientes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 45th minute, Mario Rivero ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gregory Camarasa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bernabé Morientes to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Tullidos FC's Alfons Bastida nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Angel Etxeberri made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. When Fausto Argider came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Academia FC 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 Fausto Argider couldn't finish the play. In the 58th minute of the match Maximo Gau shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gregory Camarasa showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 65 minutes, Alfons Rallo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tullidos FC and the Academia FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 65th match minute, Tullidos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfons Rallo to maneuver through the defense. In the 69th match minute, Academia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Atilano Sugoi to maneuver through the defense. 73 minutes into the match, Marat Topal notched a goal, 2-4, to the right of Academia FC's Angel Etxeberri. Angel Etxeberri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in Tullidos FC's zone, Mario Rivero stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gregory Camarasa came out of the goal and Mario Rivero tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rigoberto Medardo scored 2-5 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gregory Camarasa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rigoberto Medardo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gregory Camarasa having to interfere. Fausto Argider hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Mario Rivero managed to get in a good position for a shot. Academia FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Mario Rivero was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gregory Camarasa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Garaona Salan kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Academia FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fausto Argider in the 96th minute. Fausto Argider made a great header on Academia FC's corner, it was just that Tullidos FC's Gregory Camarasa managed to reach the ball for a save.