U21 World League

El Puma-Manzanares
Spectators: 7493 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Federico Rico started the match with the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Federico Rico got free with Alex Ramirez in the 2nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind REAL COHOLICS's goalkeeper Alex Ramirez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 7th minute, Federico Rico left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Humberto Gómez during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. booed when REAL COHOLICS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Humberto Gómez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alex Ramirez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Archibaldo Ponce in the 12th minute of play. Alex Ramirez was a little too slow when Federico Rico got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 14th minute. The score was now 2-0. Alex Ramirez came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s Federico Rico. But to his dismay, Federico Rico quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. In the 26th minute, Carlos Tijero ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rodas Baltanas was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. After 31 minutes of play, REAL COHOLICS's Hector Urane made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rodas Baltanas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rodas Baltanas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hector Urane in the 33rd minute of play. REAL COHOLICS's Alex Ramirez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Archibaldo Ponce in the 36th minute of play. Rubén Albizua scored 5-2 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alex Ramirez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Carlos Tijero made the kick off in the second half. Joe Mora made in the 54th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s Peter Vazquez. Alex Ramirez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Rico, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Federico Rico sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alex Ramirez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduardo Balboa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Manolo Candamil hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Federico Rico in the 61st minute of play forced REAL COHOLICS's goalkeeper Alex Ramirez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. REAL COHOLICS's Alex Ramirez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mero Candela in the 62nd minute of play. Federico Rico blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alex Ramirez having to make a save. Carlos Tijero scored 5-3 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rodas Baltanas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s Federico Rico got a free kick in the 72nd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rigoberto Mendoza during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 75 played minutes REAL COHOLICS got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Mendoza. Rodas Baltanas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Humberto Murillo in the 77th minute of play. In the 78th minute, Federico Rico made a precise shot to the right of Alex Ramirez. REAL COHOLICS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-3. REAL COHOLICS's Alex Ramirez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Federico Rico in the 82nd minute of play. Alex Ramirez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Archibaldo Ponce, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s Rodas Baltanas got control of the ball when Carlos Tijero tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 94th match minute, Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Peter Vazquez to maneuver through the defense. Hector Urane took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 95th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Rodas Baltanas. Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. fully deserved thier win.