U18 World League

Cardo Arena
Spectators: 7546 (Terracing: 5661, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mārtiņs Palermo started the match with the kick off. After 3 played minutes Cardo Ruso Cordobés got a freekick which was hit by Melquiades Dalmai. A collision led to Cardo Ruso Cordobés getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Venancio Milio hit a great ball. 12 minutes into the game, Mārtiņs Palermo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Leandro Romildo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 19 minutes into the match, Cardo Ruso Cordobés's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Millano came free, but Aureliano Louis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bartolo Refugio took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aureliano Louis. Aureliano Louis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. The audience was convinced that Bartolo Refugio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aureliano Louis was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After 30 played minutes lןןl Plebe Del Emperador got a freekick which was hit by Bartolo Refugio. Humberto Firmin made in the 31st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Serafin Haimar immediately put the ball in play. Dante Isauro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cardo Ruso Cordobés's Aureliano Louis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dante Isauro in the 39th minute of play. Aureliano Louis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bartolo Refugio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aureliano Louis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bartolo Refugio in the 43rd minute of play. In the 44th minute Bartolo Refugio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aureliano Louis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half lןןl Plebe Del Emperador were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bartolo Refugio to strike the kick off in the second half. Ambrosio Ilazki hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Bartolo Refugio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Aureliano Louis made a huge save. The supporters of lןןl Plebe Del Emperador booed when Cardo Ruso Cordobés was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Venancio Milio didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 59th minute, Rene Daunte 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. The supporters of lןןl Plebe Del Emperador booed when Cardo Ruso Cordobés was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ceferino Domenec didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rene Daunte in the 61st minute of play forced Cardo Ruso Cordobés's goalkeeper Aureliano Louis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 69 minutes, Venancio Milio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cardo Ruso Cordobés and the lןןl Plebe Del Emperador players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Cardo Ruso Cordobés's Venancio Milio got a free kick in the 69th minute. lןןl Plebe Del Emperador's Inocencio Tono was substituted for Marciano Timo. The crowd rose to their feet as Inocencio Tono kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aureliano Louis. That made the score 1-3 in the 73 minute of play. The lןןl Plebe Del Emperador fans' excitement grew in the 77th match minute when lןןl Plebe Del Emperador's Bartolo Refugio looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. lןןl Plebe Del Emperador's Dante Isauro got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bartolo Refugio in the 83rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aureliano Louis, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. If Bartolo Refugio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 86th minute, Dante Isauro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aureliano Louis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. Leandro Romildo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mārtiņs Palermo in the 93rd minute of the match. In the 95th minute Cardo Ruso Cordobés were awarded a corner. Melquiades Dalmai went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Melquiades Dalmai got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Leandro Romildo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dante Isauro in the 97th minute of play forced Cardo Ruso Cordobés's goalkeeper Aureliano Louis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.