U18 World League

José Sand
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) StardustRevolution's Melchor Polo 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. After having played for 5 minutes, Desiderio Fero managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. StardustRevolution's supporters crossed their fingers, but Desiderio Fero was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 7th minute Robustiano Tabb shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Matxin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Melchor Polo in the 18th minute of play forced Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goalkeeper Victor Matxin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victor Matxin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robustiano Tabb in the 20th minute of the match. Marcelo Caetano kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marciano Bertran during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 22nd minute, Marciano Bertran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Victor Matxin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robustiano Tabb, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Victor Matxin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robustiano Tabb in the 27th minute of play. Everardo Peyo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lázaro Llope in the 28th minute. Victor Matxin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robustiano Tabb, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Everardo Peyo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marciano Bertran in the 35th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Ermegildo Demesio got a free kick in the 36th minute. After a rather tough play, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Gerardo Balendin got a free kick in the 38th minute. In the 39th minute, Melchor Polo made a precise shot to the right of Victor Matxin. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 41st minute, Joaquin Remicio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 43rd minute, Lázaro Llope left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Acercate Y Patea de Lejos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lázaro Llope got free with Everardo Peyo in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The wind increased when Bernardino Baumar made the kick off in the second half. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos made a substitution. Gabriel Isusko replaced Primitivo Tiso. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Timoteo Quico managed to get in a good position for a shot. StardustRevolution's supporters rose to their feet, but Timoteo Quico was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Victor Matxin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. StardustRevolution's Robustiano Tabb got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Everardo Peyo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardino Baumar in the 74th minute of play. Pedro Cibran might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Victor Matxin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pedro Cibran ran back to his position shaking his head. Everardo Peyo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lázaro Llope, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Marciano Bertran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eustaquio Esquipula during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 88th match minute, StardustRevolution was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eustaquio Esquipula to maneuver through the defense. When Virgilio Rubio came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Acercate Y Patea de Lejos fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Virgilio Rubio couldn't finish the play. Guillermo Emenon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 92 minutes into the match, Gabriel Isusko notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of StardustRevolution's Everardo Peyo. Everardo Peyo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. StardustRevolution's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.