U23 World League

Estadio Miñones
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Božidar Đugum kicked off to start the match. Arturo Eduino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Božidar Đugum went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. If Božidar Đugum had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arturo Eduino came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by Crni Tigrovi's Frano Kovačev. But to his dismay, Frano Kovačev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Frano Kovačev scored 0-3 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arturo Eduino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 19 minutes, Frano Kovačev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Crni Tigrovi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Frano Kovačev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Yrigoyen.F.C's Arturo Eduino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Božidar Đugum in the 21st minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Damir Vučić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Crni Tigrovi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Tadeo Llorian's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Miro Zemunović firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 31st minute, Božidar Đugum left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Crni Tigrovi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. In the 41st minute, Frano Kovačev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Crni Tigrovi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Geronimo Guerau stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Nestor Checa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Yrigoyen.F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Crni Tigrovi the free kick. Nestor Checa kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Arturo Eduino made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Damir Vučić sent off a good shot on target. When Crni Tigrovi's Božidar Đugum in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Yrigoyen.F.C's goalie prevented a goal. Arturo Eduino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Božidar Đugum in the 57th minute of the match. In the 60th play minute Damir Vučić came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Arturo Eduino. 0-8. Arturo Eduino made an important save on a dangerous shot by Damir Vučić in the 65th minute. Arturo Eduino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frano Kovačev in the 67th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Crni Tigrovi's goal looked a bit too open when Tadeo Llorian came free, but Miro Zemunović reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yrigoyen.F.C's Arturo Eduino proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Yrigoyen.F.C from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Yrigoyen.F.C's Vladimiro Eron got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Damir Vučić succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-9 in the 74th playminute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leopold Salzer got free with Arturo Eduino in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 80 played minutes Crni Tigrovi got a freekick which was hit by Roko Radmanović. After 93 minutes of play Yrigoyen.F.C's Nestor Checa was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to Yrigoyen.F.C getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Nestor Checa hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frano Kovačev in the 97th minute of play forced Yrigoyen.F.C's goalkeeper Arturo Eduino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match was over Crni Tigrovi could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Yrigoyen.F.C throughout the match.