U23 World League

Zorros del Desierto
Spectators: 7458 (Terracing: 5594, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) River LOA's Chan Abeijon 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 3rd minute, Jaume Aracena left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The River LOA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. A collision led to River LOA getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Rövşän Färruxov hit a great ball. Aldas Saulis came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by River LOA's Chan Abeijon. But to his dismay, Chan Abeijon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Aldas Saulis didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when River LOA's Chan Abeijon shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. When Juozas Zelmikas, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 25 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Juan Eduardo Araya was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Geležinis Vilkas's Aldas Saulis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chan Abeijon in the 32nd minute of play. Chan Abeijon kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. After 35 played minutes Geležinis Vilkas got a freekick which was hit by Girkantas Laucius. Juan Eduardo Araya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Deimantas Valys in the 37th minute of play. Chan Abeijon struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Aldas Saulis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for River LOA. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

Aldas Saulis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaume Aracena in the 66th minute of play. Aldas Saulis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jaume Aracena went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. In the 70th match minute, River LOA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaume Aracena to maneuver through the defense. In the 73rdth minute of the game Jaume Aracena who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Geležinis Vilkas's Aldas Saulis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Juozas Zelmikas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Juan Eduardo Araya made a huge save. Jaume Aracena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Aldas Saulis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. River LOA made a substitution. Rexino Arlegui replaced Ariano Peacock. River LOA's Ever Aspillaga was substituted for Chan Abeijon. After some careless play in the Geležinis Vilkas defense, Ever Aspillaga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aldas Saulis. The Geležinis Vilkas fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aldas Saulis should have stopped the shot. River LOA's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.