U23 World League

Shef Arena
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vincent Burguete took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ennu Eluvee made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vincent Burguete in the 4th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Vincent Burguete's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ennu Eluvee was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Ennu Eluvee showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pellas Ocerin in the 9th minute of the match. Ennu Eluvee showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zacarias Ariste in the 10th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the game, America De Cali's Ler Cayuso nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ennu Eluvee made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 20thth minute of the game Haroldo Lopes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but America De Cali's Bikendi Oyarzabal was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The attack was good, but when Haroldo Lopes in the 20th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Itzaina Buron during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 21st match minute, America De Cali was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Itzaina Buron to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute, Zacarias Ariste left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The America De Cali fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 32ndth minute of the game Vincent Burguete who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but JK Shefid's Ennu Eluvee was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ennu Eluvee took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zacarias Ariste, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After taking down the ball on America De Cali's corner Andrew Brasa fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ennu Eluvee quite easily take care of the ball. Ennu Eluvee stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vincent Burguete's shot from short distance in the 38th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gabriel Lõugas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ennu Eluvee made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Pellas Ocerin sent off a good shot on target. Cristiano Cigaran blasted a shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ennu Eluvee having to make a save. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Ler Cayuso took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Ennu Eluvee to make any attempt to save it. In the 65th minute, Vincent Burguete left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The America De Cali fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Vincent Burguete did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-5 to the left of a surprised Ennu Eluvee 71 minutes into the match. America De Cali's Bikendi Oyarzabal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Haroldo Lopes in the 75th minute of play. In the 78th match minute, America De Cali was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristiano Cigaran to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in JK Shefid's zone, Zacarias Ariste stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ennu Eluvee came out of the goal and Zacarias Ariste tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vincent Burguetes short, quick shot in the 83rdth minute got Ennu Eluvee to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pellas Ocerin got free with Ennu Eluvee in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to JK Shefid getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Haroldo Lopes hit a great ball. In the 85th match minute, America De Cali was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zacarias Ariste to maneuver through the defense. After 90 minutes, Vincent Burguete made it 0-6 with a short kick to the right side. JK Shefid's Ennu Eluvee tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The JK Shefid fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. America De Cali were clearly better and deserved to take the win.