U18 World League

Merced
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bobby Abreu took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Bobby Abreu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Romulo Ekain. AcinetobacterFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bobby Abreu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 7th minute, Bobby Abreu made a precise shot to the right of Romulo Ekain. AcinetobacterFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in AcinetobacterFC's zone, Arixo Aponte stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Romulo Ekain came out of the goal and Arixo Aponte tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Romulo Ekain took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bobby Abreu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 19 minutes into the match, Bobby Abreu notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of AcinetobacterFC's Romulo Ekain. Romulo Ekain was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Real Marabino getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Stanislav Wawrinka hit a great ball. When Nemesio Fliz came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the AcinetobacterFC 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 Nemesio Fliz couldn't finish the play. When the match clock showed 24 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Martin Porquera sped through AcinetobacterFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Romulo Ekain. When Real Marabino's Kinsen Aguinagalde in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AcinetobacterFC's goalie prevented a goal. Romulo Ekain came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by Real Marabino's Martin Porquera. But to his dismay, Martin Porquera quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Porquera in the 34th minute of play forced AcinetobacterFC's goalkeeper Romulo Ekain to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 0-7 became the score in the 37th minute when Bobby Abreu elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Bobby Abreu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Porquera in the 44th minute of play forced AcinetobacterFC's goalkeeper Romulo Ekain to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 45 minutes into the match, AcinetobacterFC's goal looked a bit too open when Bobby Abreu came free, but Romulo Ekain reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bobby Abreu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Romulo Ekain having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nemesio Fliz to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Martin Porquera got free with Romulo Ekain in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Bobby Abreu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Romulo Ekain. That made the score 0-8 in the 55 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bobby Abreu in the 59th minute of play forced AcinetobacterFC's goalkeeper Romulo Ekain to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Real Marabino's Bobby Abreu was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 62nd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. With a little luck, AcinetobacterFC's Romulo Ekain got control of the ball when Bobby Abreu tried to sneak it across the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, Arixo Aponte had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Romulo Ekain. AcinetobacterFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arixo Aponte was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-10. Real Marabino made a substitution. Ekain Porlier replaced Mambru Fontoya. When Real Marabino's Bobby Abreu in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AcinetobacterFC's goalie prevented a goal. After 72 minutes AcinetobacterFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Blas Arrazola who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Real Marabino's Blas Arrazola to fire away a dangerous shot which Romulo Ekain despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 76th minute, Bobby Abreu made a precise shot to the right of Romulo Ekain. AcinetobacterFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-11. Romulo Ekain made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bobby Abreu in the 81st minute of play. Bobby Abreu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Romulo Ekain came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Real Marabino's Bobby Abreu. But to his dismay, Bobby Abreu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-12. After 88th play minutes Bautista Govantes shot 0-13, a short shot which went by Romulo Ekain and just under the crossbar into goal. Real Marabino's Kinsen Aguinagalde got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the AcinetobacterFC defense, Bobby Abreu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Romulo Ekain. The AcinetobacterFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Romulo Ekain should have stopped the shot.