U23 World League

DELIRIUM TREMENS
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) MOEBIO's Santo Mateus started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Victoriano Silban had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sacando del Medio's Filomeno Dabi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victoriano Silban in the 3rd minute of play. 8 minutes into the game, Anier Loren was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sacando del Medio's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MOEBIO the free kick. In the 9th match minute, Sacando del Medio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anier Loren to maneuver through the defense. Uriel Pere, 9 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. A collision led to Sacando del Medio getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Ciro Silban hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Samuel Thomas in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Filomeno Dabi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 19 minutes Sacando del Medio's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Uriel Pere who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Sacando del Medio's goalie and right to Emanuel Mel. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Sacando del Medio's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Ernesto Perico kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. 33 minutes in the game, Santo Mateus fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Filomeno Dabi having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as MOEBIO's Santo Mateus slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Filomeno Dabi. That made the score 2-0 after 36 minutes of play. David Rey's late challenge caught a MOEBIO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Rey helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of MOEBIO booed when Sacando del Medio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Rey didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aquiles Castulo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Siro Joseph in the 45th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when David Rey stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Christian Chaime hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Higuera in the 53rd minute of play forced Sacando del Medio's goalkeeper Filomeno Dabi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MOEBIO's Valentin Ortzi got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 57th minute, Ernesto Higuera 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. A collision led to Sacando del Medio getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Ernesto Perico hit a great ball. Samuel Thomas kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. MOEBIO's Aquiles Castulo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Rey in the 68th minute of play. After having played for 83 minutes, Christian Chaime managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sacando del Medio's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christian Chaime was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. MOEBIO had won after a very even match.