U18 World League

Los Matadores SXXI
Spectators: 7662 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Santos Lauren took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of Cuervos Galácticos booed when Red Reign was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arias Deleon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vicente Fontevilla hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santos Lauren got free with Paulo Chandivilla in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Cuervos Galácticos booed when Red Reign was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vicente Fontevilla didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alejo Luix took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from German Vedeja, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paulo Chandivilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Frasquito in the 16th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, German Vedeja put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Alejo Luix. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bohórquez Erauzquin in the 22nd minute of play forced Cuervos Galácticos's goalkeeper Alejo Luix to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute, Emilio Frasquito ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paulo Chandivilla was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 29 minutes into the game, Saritama Durana was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Red Reign's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cuervos Galácticos the free kick. Cuervos Galácticos's Alejo Luix played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sandro Gener in the 35th minute of play. The supporters of Cuervos Galácticos booed when Red Reign was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arias Deleon didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 41st match minute, Red Reign was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by German Vedeja to maneuver through the defense. When German Vedeja came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Red Reign 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 German Vedeja couldn't finish the play. Cuervos Galácticos's Alejo Luix played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by German Vedeja in the 47th minute of play. In the 48th minute Sandro Gener shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejo Luix saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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 wind increased when German Vedeja made the kick off in the second half. Paulo Chandivilla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santos Lauren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Red Reign's Paulo Chandivilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilio Frasquito in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute, Maximino Ekain made a precise shot to the right of Paulo Chandivilla. Red Reign's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. With a little luck, Cuervos Galácticos's Alejo Luix got control of the ball when Sandro Gener tried to sneak it across the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, Bohórquez Erauzquin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alejo Luix. Cuervos Galácticos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bohórquez Erauzquin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emilio Frasquito in the 83rd minute of play forced Red Reign's goalkeeper Paulo Chandivilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute, Bohórquez Erauzquin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Red Reign fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-4. Alejo Luix made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Bohórquez Erauzquin sent off a good shot on target. Emilio Frasquito took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Paulo Chandivilla. Paulo Chandivilla dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-4. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.