U23 World League

El Templo del Dolor
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Paco Cano started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Pakorro AFC's Paco Cano slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Modesto Roland. That made the score 1-0 after 7 minutes of play. In the 12th minute, Eliseo Lawrence hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Prudencio Claus recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 22nd minute, Paco Cano reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Modesto Roland. The goal made the score 2-0. Paco Cano in the 28thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Modesto Roland, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Silvio Evangelista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Paco Cedeño tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice moves Paco Cano could shoot a difficult shot in the 34th minute, which Modesto Roland however easily saved by the left post. In the 37th minute, Matias Omero ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Modesto Roland was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carolo Maraman in the 45th minute of play forced Dominguito's goalkeeper Modesto Roland to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 48 minutes of play, Pakorro AFC's Paco Cano made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Modesto Roland was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cristo Mark was the one to do the kick off. Modesto Roland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vicente Fero, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 58 minutes into the match, Dominguito's goal looked a bit too open when Matias Omero came free, but Modesto Roland reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th minute, Vicente Fero left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pakorro AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Dominguito's Modesto Roland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paco Cano in the 62nd minute of play. In the 66th minute Carolo Maraman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Modesto Roland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Modesto Roland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matias Omero in the 67th minute of the match. Dominguito's Modesto Roland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vicente Fero in the 71st minute of play. After some careless play in the Dominguito defense, Carolo Maraman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Modesto Roland. The Dominguito fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Modesto Roland should have stopped the shot. Dominguito made a substitution. Justo Matxin replaced Eliseo Lawrence. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Paco Cano sped through Dominguito's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Modesto Roland. Pakorro AFC's Carolo Maraman suffered a concussion after 82 minutes and had to leave the field. When Silvio Boniel fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dominguito's protests and gave Silvio Boniel a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Pakorro AFC booed when Dominguito was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silvio Boniel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pakorro AFC made a substitution. Samuel Lawrence replaced Carolo Maraman. In the 83rd minute, Silvio Boniel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Pakorro AFC's Prudencio Claus tried to score from far away in the 84th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 91st match minute, Pakorro AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paco Murillo to maneuver through the defense. Samuel Lawrence sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.