U18 World League

Arborial Park
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) ForestFire's Tuan Zimmerman started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. E➣ PINCHARRATA's Paolo Mendebal got a good chance for a goal in the 2nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, ForestFire's Aurelio Hart got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 12th match minute, E➣ PINCHARRATA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isaac Abancens to maneuver through the defense. In the 18th minute Mauro Bernabel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rusty Deering saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to E➣ PINCHARRATA getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Damaso Lehen hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Damaso Lehen managed to get in a good position for a shot. E➣ PINCHARRATA's supporters rose to their feet, but Damaso Lehen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rusty Deering breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauro Bernabel in the 24th minute of play forced ForestFire's goalkeeper Rusty Deering to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the ForestFire defense, Arturo Frances kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rusty Deering. The ForestFire fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rusty Deering should have stopped the shot. E➣ PINCHARRATA's German Leobardo was substituted for Damaso Lehen. 40 minutes into the match, ForestFire's goal looked a bit too open when Arturo Frances came free, but Rusty Deering reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45thth minute of the game German Leobardo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ForestFire's Rusty Deering was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rusty Deering showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arturo Frances, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After the first half E➣ PINCHARRATA were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Rusty Deering stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arturo Frances's shot from short distance in the 51st minute. In the 53rd minute, German Leobardo made a precise shot to the right of Rusty Deering. ForestFire's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. ForestFire's Rusty Deering played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arturo Frances in the 56th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Higinio Uxio during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Bruno Cambranes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Max Hawthorne in the 61st minute of the match. In the 64th minute, Tuan Zimmerman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ForestFire fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. With a little luck, ForestFire's Rusty Deering got control of the ball when German Leobardo tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tuan Zimmerman in the 76th minute of play forced E➣ PINCHARRATA's goalkeeper Bruno Cambranes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute, Tuan Zimmerman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bruno Cambranes was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Felipe Baldovino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Rusty Deering made a huge save. Rusty Deering made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Frances in the 87th minute of play. Rusty Deering made an important save on a dangerous shot by German Leobardo in the 89th minute. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Aldo Salbatore took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Rusty Deering to make any attempt to save it. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. E➣ PINCHARRATA had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.