U23 World League

Jhonny Ortigoza
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) If Carlos Urre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fulgencio Arce's late challenge caught a El Patriarca ®'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fulgencio Arce helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of El Patriarca ® booed when Los Trip was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fulgencio Arce didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14thth minute of the game Carlos Urre who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Patriarca ®'s Saul Fernandez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carlos Urre got free with Saul Fernandez in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Saul Fernandez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Urre in the 23rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Carlos Urre's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Saul Fernandez was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. A collision led to Los Trip getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Fulgencio Arce hit a great ball. After 30 minutes, Edgardo Millrick mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Patriarca ® and the Los Trip players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 30th minute, Edgardo Millrick hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Saul Fernandez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Urre, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Epifanio Lopes to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Urre in the 55th minute of play forced El Patriarca ®'s goalkeeper Saul Fernandez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Carlos Urre's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Saul Fernandez was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. In the 57th minute, Ceferino Grabiel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Saul Fernandez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Urre, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. After a rather tough play, Los Trip's Tomas Shepherd got a free kick in the 64th minute. In the 66th match minute, El Patriarca ® was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adolfo Qwinton to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute of the match Tomas Shepherd shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Saul Fernandez showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Ermegildo Isusko kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Americo Aurken. That made the score 1-2 in the 73 minute of play. Apolo Galsino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Americo Aurken tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sixto Frichoso hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Americo Aurken made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Apolo Galsino in the 85th minute of play. After 87 played minutes Los Trip got a freekick which was hit by Iker Ruy. When Los Trip's Carlos Urre in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Patriarca ®'s goalie prevented a goal. The Los Trip supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching El Patriarca ®'s performance. The match ended with a win for El Patriarca ®.