U23 World League

Telar de la Victoria
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Andi Johnson started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes of play, Deportivo G⦕⩙⦖'s Leon Ogazón made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Martin Ostadar was left in no man's land by his defense there! Andi Johnson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Martin Ostadar made a huge save. Bengi Price showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rigoberto Iratze, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Emanuel Guerau hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Martin Ostadar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Ogazón in the 19th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Deportivo G⦕⩙⦖'s Martin Ostadar threw himself towards the right post 29 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Leon Ogazón, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Rigoberto Iratze managed to get in a good position for a shot. Les Tigres's supporters rose to their feet, but Rigoberto Iratze was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bengi Price breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 33 minutes into the match, Leon Ogazón notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Les Tigres's Martin Ostadar. Martin Ostadar was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Apolo Jakue's late challenge caught a Les Tigres's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Apolo Jakue helped the player get up and apologised. Apolo Jakue hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Victor Steven hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Leon Ogazón fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Ostadar having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Rigoberto Iratze made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Deportivo G⦕⩙⦖'s goalkeeper Bengi Price had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rigoberto Iratze. If Romulo Lizar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 59th minute, Leon Ogazón left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Deportivo G⦕⩙⦖ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Andi Johnson blasted a shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Martin Ostadar having to make a save. Martin Ostadar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Ogazón in the 65th minute of play. The supporters of Deportivo G⦕⩙⦖ booed when Les Tigres was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Romulo Lizar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Martin Ostadar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leon Ogazón, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Les Tigres's Paulino Orixe got a free kick in the 80th minute. In the 81st minute, Leon Ogazón 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. Higinio Laurin hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Martin Ostadar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leon Ogazón's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. Martin Ostadar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leon Ogazón in the 95th minute of the match.