U18 World League

Alberto J. Armando
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emanuel Bella started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the San Lorenzo 11 defense, Leon Peyo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Isaac Garoa. The San Lorenzo 11 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Isaac Garoa should have stopped the shot. Florencio Bertol made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Bella in the 11th minute of play. San Lorenzo 11's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ubaldo Lonzo in the 16th minute. After taking down the ball on San Lorenzo 11's corner Ubaldo Lonzo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Florencio Bertol quite easily take care of the ball. Primitivo Orixe hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leon Peyo got free with Isaac Garoa in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Isaac Garoa came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Franja Dorada's Raul Castulo. But to his dismay, Raul Castulo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. The supporters of Franja Dorada booed when San Lorenzo 11 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ubaldo Lonzo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Leon Peyo, 28 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After 31 played minutes Franja Dorada got a freekick which was hit by Raul Castulo. Ubaldo Lonzo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 32nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Florencio Bertol. Franja Dorada's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernan Jeraldo in the 33rd minute of play forced San Lorenzo 11's goalkeeper Isaac Garoa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Florencio Bertol made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gualterio Aragones in the 37th minute of play. Gualterio Aragones hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Franja Dorada's Florencio Bertol played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leandro-Atilio Romagnoli in the 42nd minute of play. In the 45th minute Leandro-Atilio Romagnoli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florencio Bertol saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Moises Napier made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Raul Castulo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isaac Garoa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 54 played minutes Franja Dorada got a freekick which was hit by Aquilino Tajo. 65 minutes into the match, Fernan Jeraldo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Isaac Garoa. San Lorenzo 11's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fernan Jeraldo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. In the 67th minute, Fernan Jeraldo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Isaac Garoa was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Florencio Bertol showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jairo Astigar in the 71st minute of the match. 72 minutes into the match, Gualterio Aragones dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Florencio Bertol, 4-1. Ciro Marques's late challenge caught a San Lorenzo 11's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ciro Marques helped the player get up and apologised. 80 minutes into the match, Fernan Jeraldo notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of San Lorenzo 11's Isaac Garoa. Isaac Garoa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 83 minutes into the match, Franja Dorada's goalkeeper Florencio Bertol had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emanuel Bella. With a little luck, Franja Dorada's Florencio Bertol got control of the ball when Emanuel Bella tried to sneak it across the goal line. Florencio Bertol made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leandro-Atilio Romagnoli in the 91st minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Fernan Jeraldo notched a goal, 6-1, to the right of San Lorenzo 11's Isaac Garoa. Isaac Garoa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.