U18 World League

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marten De Hond took the kick off in the first half of the match. Alfredo Pancho stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marten De Hond's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. 6 minutes into the match, Flamenco United's goalkeeper Romain Labrouche had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Florencio Guerau. Alfredo Pancho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marten De Hond in the 7th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Florencio Guerau's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Romain Labrouche was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Marten De Hond's late challenge caught a San Lorenzo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marten De Hond helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Flamenco United getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Marten De Hond hit a great ball. When Flamenco United's Marten De Hond in the 12th minute got a chance for a shot 12th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye San Lorenzo's goalie prevented a goal. After 16 minutes of play Flamenco United's Marten De Hond was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Marten De Hond hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. In the 20th minute of the match, Fermin Ponc tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Romain Labrouche saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Vicente Dechamps was shown his second yellow card after 23 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 24th match minute, Flamenco United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vicente Dechamps to maneuver through the defense. If Edward Wuyts had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Robbie Van Eijken recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 29th minute Edward Wuyts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredo Pancho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jordi Demeyer hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, San Lorenzo's Fermin Ponc got a free kick in the 40th minute. Alfredo Pancho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robbie Van Eijken, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Youri Goolen got free with Alfredo Pancho in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Flamenco United were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after San Lorenzo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Freek Lembrechts took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Freek Lembrechts got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alfredo Pancho quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 65th minute, Youri Goolen made a precise shot to the right of Alfredo Pancho. San Lorenzo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Youri Goolen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 72 minutes into the match, San Lorenzo's Florencio Guerau sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Romain Labrouche narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Romain Labrouche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fermin Ponc in the 73rd minute of the match. Youri Goolen struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Alfredo Pancho didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Flamenco United. If Youri Goolen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Youri Goolen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Alfredo Pancho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 83 minutes into the match, Flamenco United's goal looked a bit too open when Fermin Ponc came free, but Romain Labrouche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 86 minutes into the game, Youri Goolen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Alfredo Pancho was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the final whistle sounded Flamenco United left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than San Lorenzo.