U21 World League

El Sinsajo
Spectators: 7743 (Terracing: 5809, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Silvestre Tadzio started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s Maximino Birjaio got a free kick in the 5th minute. Justino Feliz's late challenge caught a ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Justino Feliz helped the player get up and apologised. Justino Feliz kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Jacinto Panpili showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvestre Tadzio in the 10th minute of the match. Santo Colon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Justino Feliz in the 12th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Nicolas Lia managed to get in a good position for a shot. The Hanging Tree's supporters rose to their feet, but Nicolas Lia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Santo Colon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Hanging Tree were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Arnaldo Perfecto took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Arnaldo Perfecto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Santo Colon quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Justino Feliz kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Hugo Urbez took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 20th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jacinto Panpili. The Hanging Tree's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The Hanging Tree's Albino Roderigo managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Gerardo Pelagius in the 25 minute of the game. The Hanging Tree's Jacinto Panpili played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silvestre Tadzio in the 27th minute of play. After a rather tough play, The Hanging Tree's Albino Roderigo got a free kick in the 28th minute. Santo Colon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolas Lia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Gerardo Pelagius fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s protests and gave Gerardo Pelagius a yellow card for diving instead. Gerardo Pelagius kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. After 38 minutes of play, ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s Silvestre Tadzio made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jacinto Panpili was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nicolas Lia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After the first half ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️ were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nicolas Lia to make the kick off. Silvestre Tadzio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Jacinto Panpili made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s Silvestre Tadzio slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jacinto Panpili. That made the score 0-2 after 55 minutes of play. Albino Roderigo hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Nicolas Lia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 67 played minutes The Hanging Tree got a freekick which was hit by Arnaldo Perfecto. In the 74th minute Silvestre Tadzio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacinto Panpili saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvestre Tadzio in the 75th minute of play forced The Hanging Tree's goalkeeper Jacinto Panpili to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nicolas Arias during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 80 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for The Hanging Tree! The Hanging Tree:s Jacinto Panpili showed great skill when he stopped Hugo Urbez:s penalty. Jacinto Panpili came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s Hugo Urbez. But to his dismay, Hugo Urbez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. The Hanging Tree's Jacinto Panpili proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save The Hanging Tree from getting a goal against them. Nicolas Lia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Silvestre Tadzio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Jacinto Panpili made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Silvestre Tadzio managed to get in a good position for a shot. ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s supporters rose to their feet, but Silvestre Tadzio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jacinto Panpili breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Silvestre Tadzio got free with Jacinto Panpili in the 97th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The The Hanging Tree supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️'s performance. The match ended with a win for ⚽️ THE WALKERS ⚽️.