U23 World League

Reino de Valencia
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Roi Gonzalez started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to INTOCABLES 2oo4 getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Montxo Vallejo hit a great ball. Rufino Paredes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Cervera in the 4th minute of play. After 12 played minutes INTOCABLES 2oo4 got a freekick which was hit by Montxo Vallejo. Jorge Cervera kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the game, Bartolo Irrintzi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. lןןl EdF Garrafa Sanchez's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave INTOCABLES 2oo4 the free kick. The supporters of INTOCABLES 2oo4 booed when lןןl EdF Garrafa Sanchez was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bartolo Irrintzi didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as INTOCABLES 2oo4's Roi Gonzalez slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anibal Txerran. That made the score 1-0 after 21 minutes of play. Rufino Paredes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Leoiar in the 26th minute of the match. Gaitano Balboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Anibal Txerran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luis Olando charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luis Olando the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Luis Olando kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Anibal Txerran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roi Gonzalez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rufino Paredes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Leoiar in the 39th minute of play. Rufino Paredes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Óscar Acosta, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gerardo Esdras in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rufino Paredes prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gerardo Esdras to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Gerardo Esdras ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rufino Paredes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Jorge Cervera scored 1-3 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rufino Paredes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rufino Paredes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerardo Esdras in the 62nd minute of the match. Juanfran Estrada hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Jorge Cervera received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Rufino Paredes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 72nd minute, Gerardo Esdras reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rufino Paredes. The goal made the score 1-4. Rufino Paredes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gerardo Esdras, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as lןןl EdF Garrafa Sanchez's Gerardo Esdras slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rufino Paredes. That made the score 1-5 after 79 minutes of play. Eugenio Argoitz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Rufino Paredes made a huge save. INTOCABLES 2oo4's Rufino Paredes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save INTOCABLES 2oo4 from getting a goal against them. Anibal Txerran didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rafael Valerón went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-5 was the resulting score. In the 95th minute Gerardo Esdras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rufino Paredes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. lןןl EdF Garrafa Sanchez's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.