U23 World League

Rey de Copas
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gerardo Montae kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roland Gessinger in the 9th minute of play forced GERLIROJO Ψ's goalkeeper Fidel Rik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 28 minutes, Roland Gessinger managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Juniors FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roland Gessinger was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roland Gessinger in the 31st minute of play forced GERLIROJO Ψ's goalkeeper Fidel Rik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute, GERLIROJO Ψ's Jonatan Evarado dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After a rather tough play, GERLIROJO Ψ's Clemente Bortzaioriz got a free kick in the 38th minute. In the 40th minute Ricardo Baleren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fidel Rik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Juniors FC booed when GERLIROJO Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Francisco Berdaitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to GERLIROJO Ψ getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Casimiro Richie hit a great ball. In the 43rd minute Roland Gessinger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fidel Rik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roland Gessinger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Fidel Rik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. GERLIROJO Ψ's Mister Estany was substituted for Gerardo Montae. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Roland Gessinger made a kick off. Ricardo Baleren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fidel Rik having to interfere. 60 minutes into the match, GERLIROJO Ψ's goalkeeper Fidel Rik had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roland Gessinger. After having played for 66 minutes, Ricardo Baleren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Juniors FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ricardo Baleren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, GERLIROJO Ψ's Francisco Berdaitz got a free kick in the 68th minute. The supporters of Juniors FC booed when GERLIROJO Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Francisco Berdaitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 71st minute, Ricardo Baleren fired a really elegant long shot, but Fidel Rik threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. Casimiro Richie hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Fidel Rik didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Roland Gessinger went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 79 minutes into the game, Juniors FC's Roland Gessinger nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fidel Rik made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Saul Abad hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Fidel Rik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roland Gessinger, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ricardo Baleren got free with Fidel Rik in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 88 minutes of play, Juniors FC's Roland Gessinger made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fidel Rik was left in no man's land by his defense there! Roland Gessinger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Fidel Rik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ricardo Baleren hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match.