U18 World League

El Corralon
Spectators: 7507 (Terracing: 5631, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Xan Revillas kicked off to start the match. After a defensive mix-up in CD Municipal's zone, Amadeo Chale stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sagrario Paniagua came out of the goal and Amadeo Chale tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. corralon AFC's Luisito Quinton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xan Revillas in the 5th minute of play. Benjamin Bitxintxo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Sagrario Paniagua tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. CD Municipal's Sagrario Paniagua proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save CD Municipal from getting a goal against them. Luisito Quinton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patricio Tamajon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dimas Trapiella hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. After 12 played minutes corralon AFC got a freekick which was hit by Benjamin Bitxintxo. Benjamin Bitxintxo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Sagrario Paniagua made a huge save. Santxo Saboya scored 0-1 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luisito Quinton, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. corralon AFC's Luisito Quinton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santxo Saboya in the 41st minute of play. When the match clock showed 44 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Amadeo Chale sped through CD Municipal's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Sagrario Paniagua.

The wind increased when Amadeo Chale made the kick off in the second half. The attack was good, but when Benjamin Bitxintxo in the 51st minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. In the 56th minute Amadeo Chale shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sagrario Paniagua saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 58 minutes, Amadeo Chale managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. corralon AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amadeo Chale was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Amadeo Chale had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Orland Urria kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Sagrario Paniagua showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin Bitxintxo in the 68th minute of the match. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by CD Municipal's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Romulo Izel was slow to take the kick. During this time corralon AFC's players had a chance to rest. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Amadeo Chale got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 2-1. 70 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Santxo Saboya kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Luisito Quinton. That made the score 2-2 in the 73 minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xan Revillas got free with Luisito Quinton in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sagrario Paniagua showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin Bitxintxo in the 87th minute of the match. The supporters of corralon AFC booed when CD Municipal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mambru Entrala didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amadeo Chale in the 90th minute of play forced CD Municipal's goalkeeper Sagrario Paniagua to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Santiago Lehoi came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the corralon AFC 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 Santiago Lehoi couldn't finish the play. 92 minutes into the game, Amadeo Chale cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Sagrario Paniagua was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. corralon AFC had won after a very even match.