U23 World League

Anfield Road
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sergio Quintero made the kick off which started today's match. Celestino Rexino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eneko Oyaga in the 3rd minute of play. When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Sergio Quintero sped through ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Celestino Rexino. 9 minutes into the match, ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s goal looked a bit too open when Lugo Saavedra came free, but Celestino Rexino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 12 minutes into the game, Atlético Bucaramanga's Eneko Oyaga nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Celestino Rexino made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silban Bonifaz in the 16th minute of play forced ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s goalkeeper Celestino Rexino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 20 played minutes Atlético Bucaramanga got a freekick which was hit by Sergio Quintero. After 22 played minutes ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️ got a freekick which was hit by Maximiliano Astudillo. Celestino Rexino came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Atlético Bucaramanga's Eneko Oyaga. But to his dismay, Eneko Oyaga quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 25th minute, Silban Bonifaz made a precise shot to the right of Celestino Rexino. ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. In the 29th minute, Eneko Oyaga made a precise shot to the right of Celestino Rexino. ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. In the 31st minute, Silban Bonifaz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Celestino Rexino was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. After 35 minutes of play, Atlético Bucaramanga's Eneko Oyaga made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celestino Rexino was left in no man's land by his defense there! 39 minutes into the game, Eneko Oyaga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Celestino Rexino was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 42 played minutes Atlético Bucaramanga got a freekick which was hit by Perico Luengo. Atlético Bucaramanga made a substitution. Ellande Aguinagalde replaced Tano Talaga. Celestino Rexino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sergio Quintero in the 46th minute of play. Maximiliano Astudillo hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Atlético Bucaramanga made a substitution. Weterio Caceo replaced Lugo Saavedra. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-8 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mario Ekain made a kick off. Sergio Quintero received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Celestino Rexino came out and tried to block the shot, but Sergio Quintero slotted it home off the left post making it 0-9 in the 54th minute. 58 minutes into the game, Atlético Bucaramanga's Eneko Oyaga nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Celestino Rexino made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-10. In the 61st minute Weterio Caceo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celestino Rexino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 64 minutes of play, Atlético Bucaramanga's Eneko Oyaga made it 0-11 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celestino Rexino was left in no man's land by his defense there! Perico Luengo hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Celestino Rexino made an important save on a dangerous shot by Silban Bonifaz in the 70th minute. Celestino Rexino came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Atlético Bucaramanga's Eneko Oyaga. But to his dismay, Eneko Oyaga quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-13. Celestino Rexino made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Eneko Oyaga sent off a good shot on target. 83 minutes into the match, Enrico Regil notched a goal, 0-14, to the right of ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s Celestino Rexino. Celestino Rexino was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Celestino Rexino was a little too slow when Eneko Oyaga got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 0-16. The ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Atlético Bucaramanga were clearly better and deserved to take the win.