U21 World League

La cancha del Fune
Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Moises Gines started the match with the kick off. Modesto Hulberto received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Oswaldo Todd came out and tried to block the shot, but Modesto Hulberto slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 3rd minute. In the 6th minute, Eduardo Hinkle left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC DeMiRHaN fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theron Hoffman in the 9th minute of play forced Funebrero FC's goalkeeper Ruben Balesio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Funebrero FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Eulalio Guillem hit a great ball. Ed Rose took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ruben Balesio. Ruben Balesio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. 15 minutes into the match, Ed Rose had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ruben Balesio. Funebrero FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ed Rose was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. After 20 played minutes Funebrero FC got a freekick which was hit by Basilio Valiente. Ruben Balesio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduardo Hinkle, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. When Theron Hoffman came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the AC DeMiRHaN 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 Theron Hoffman couldn't finish the play. Carlo Sheldon hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Funebrero FC's Hernan Gaitan shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 26th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Oswaldo Todd but with some difficulty. Eduardo Hinkle received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Ruben Balesio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Funebrero FC defense, Theron Hoffman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ruben Balesio. The Funebrero FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ruben Balesio should have stopped the shot. Eduardo Hinkle 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. After a rather tough play, Funebrero FC's Eulalio Guillem got a free kick in the 38th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Basilio Valiente got free with Oswaldo Todd in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After the first half AC DeMiRHaN were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Eduardo Hinkle was the one to do the kick off. Theron Hoffman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruben Balesio having to interfere. Oswaldo Todd showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eulalio Guillem, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Eduardo Hinkle could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Ruben Balesio made a huge save. Ruben Balesio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ed Rose in the 66th minute of the match. After some careless play in the AC DeMiRHaN defense, Basilio Valiente kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Oswaldo Todd. The AC DeMiRHaN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Oswaldo Todd should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Funebrero FC booed when AC DeMiRHaN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carlo Sheldon didn't get a good kick on the ball. With an all-out effort, AC DeMiRHaN's Ruben Balesio threw himself towards the right post 80 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ed Rose, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Basilio Valiente's late challenge caught a AC DeMiRHaN's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Basilio Valiente helped the player get up and apologised. In the 85th minute, Basilio Valiente hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eduardo Hinkle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruben Balesio having to interfere. Moises Gines sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 96th minute Eulalio Guillem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oswaldo Todd saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Funebrero FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching AC DeMiRHaN's performance. The match ended with a win for AC DeMiRHaN.