U18 World League

Estadio Zebolla
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ángel Cuellar took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Ángel Cuellar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to Sacando del Medio getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Jorge Barbosa hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Sacando del Medio's Ernesto Perico got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sacando del Medio's goalkeeper Filomeno Dabi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 25 minutes, Aureo Bidania mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zebolla FC and the Sacando del Medio players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rodrigo Elorri hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ernesto Perico during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Zebolla FC made a substitution. Iigo Limofer replaced Aureo Bidania. After a rather tough play, Sacando del Medio's Ernesto Perico got a free kick in the 37th minute. Tiago Durazno hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Ángel Cuellar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell David Rey to make the kick off. Jorge Barbosa hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Jorge Barbosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sacando del Medio's Filomeno Dabi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Savier Orue in the 66th minute of play. Felix Abreu kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Zacarias Cotes was a little too slow when David Rey got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 69th minute. The score was now 0-2. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Zebolla FC's goalkeeper Zacarias Cotes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 77th minute, Ernesto Perico hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 79 minutes of play, Sacando del Medio's David Rey made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zacarias Cotes was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 88th minute, Zebolla FC's Rolado Rayon seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Rolado Rayon the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Zebolla FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Rolado Rayon had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in Zebolla FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 87th minute. Penalty! Siro Joseph received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zacarias Cotes came out and tried to block the shot, but Siro Joseph slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 96th minute.