U18 World League

SOF
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Harrison McCann started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Internacional Pechofrío's Hipolito Lugo got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After 4 minutes of play, Soflov FC's Jose Polentzi made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erauso Espantoso was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ramiro Iraido kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Soflov FC's Gilberto Barros shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 18th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Erauso Espantoso but with some difficulty. Nicanor Manex sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, Internacional Pechofrío's Toli Beloso got a free kick in the 34th minute. 35 minutes into the match, Jose Polentzi notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Internacional Pechofrío's Erauso Espantoso. Erauso Espantoso was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Harrison McCann managed to get in a good position for a shot. Internacional Pechofrío's supporters rose to their feet, but Harrison McCann was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gerardo Clis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ramiro Iraido got a throw-in 46 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Jose Polentzi. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When Honorato Menendo came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Soflov FC 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 Honorato Menendo couldn't finish the play. Internacional Pechofrío's Toli Beloso managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ramiro Iraido in the 57 minute of the game. In the 57th minute Harrison McCann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerardo Clis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the game, Harrison McCann recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gerardo Clis. Harrison McCann showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-1. Micael Bajo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Soflov FC were awarded a corner in the 72th minute after Internacional Pechofrío's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Isaias Eztebe took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Honorato Menendo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Erauso Espantoso quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match clock showed 72 minutes, the score became 4-1 when Honorato Menendo sped through Internacional Pechofrío's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Erauso Espantoso. In the 79th minute, Toli Beloso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Isaias Eztebe came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Soflov FC 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 Isaias Eztebe couldn't finish the play. In the 86th minute, Honorato Menendo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 90th minute, Harrison McCann reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gerardo Clis. The goal made the score 4-2. In the 95th match minute, Internacional Pechofrío was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hipolito Lugo to maneuver through the defense. Hipolito Lugo's late challenge caught a Soflov FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hipolito Lugo helped the player get up and apologised. When the referee ended the match the Soflov FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.