U18 World League

Las Huevadas
Spectators: 7461 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 100) Clube Esportivo Saudade's Mikel Tobia 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. In the 6th match minute, Clube Esportivo Saudade was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcelo Pedriza to maneuver through the defense. Txanton Folgueira's late challenge caught a Clube Esportivo Saudade's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Txanton Folgueira helped the player get up and apologised. Txanton Folgueira kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Spor Las Huevas's Quirze Lizana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikel Tobia in the 12th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Spor Las Huevas's Gabirel Dalmases got a free kick in the 18th minute. After 26 played minutes Clube Esportivo Saudade got a freekick which was hit by Florinio Mendez. Quirze Lizana came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Clube Esportivo Saudade's Mikel Tobia. But to his dismay, Mikel Tobia quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. If Bitxintxo Fururia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Quirze Lizana took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikel Tobia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Quirze Lizana took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Txomin Suarez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th minute Mikel Tobia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Quirze Lizana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Quirze Lizana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eleodoro Cayuela in the 40th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Spor Las Huevas's goal looked a bit too open when Txomin Suarez came free, but Quirze Lizana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Spor Las Huevas players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Clube Esportivo Saudade were winning 0-2.

The wind increased when Bitxintxo Fururia made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Juan-Carlos Rasines got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Quentin Albizua showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bitxintxo Fururia in the 54th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Neron Ruiz got free with Quirze Lizana in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Juan-Carlos Rasines fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Spor Las Huevas's protests and gave Juan-Carlos Rasines a yellow card for diving instead. Quirze Lizana didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eleodoro Cayuela went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Quirze Lizana made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Mikel Tobia sent off a good shot on target. Mikel Tobia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Quirze Lizana made a huge save. Quirze Lizana was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eleodoro Cayuela showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-4 in the 68 minute of play. 71 minutes into the game, Txomin Suarez recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Quirze Lizana. Txomin Suarez showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-5. If Txanton Folgueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Quentin Albizua made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan-Carlos Rasines in the 80th minute of play. In the 82nd minute, Txanton Folgueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Spor Las Huevas's Quirze Lizana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eleodoro Cayuela in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eleodoro Cayuela in the 87th minute of play forced Spor Las Huevas's goalkeeper Quirze Lizana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Mikel Tobia kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Quirze Lizana. That made the score 0-7 in the 88 minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikel Tobia got free with Quirze Lizana in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bitxintxo Fururia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Quentin Albizua read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 96th minute of play. When the match was over Clube Esportivo Saudade could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Spor Las Huevas throughout the match.