U23 World League

Palacio del Amor
Spectators: 7493 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ronaldo-Luís Nazário De Lima took the kick off in the first half of the match. Halcon Sport 69's attentive Jeremy Montero managed to snatch the ball when Tulio Alacuart made a throw-in in the 10th minute of the game. The throw-in from Tulio Alacuart in the 15th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Halcon Sport 69's Ferrando Ferreira. In the 22nd match minute, Halcon Sport 69 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeremy Montero to maneuver through the defense. Tabby Leceta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronaldo-Luís Nazário De Lima in the 24th minute of play. Senen Paz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maureo Magdalena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Halcon Sport 69 getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Blai Peinador hit a great ball. Tabby Leceta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldo-Luís Nazário De Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Epifanio Vaca during the 40th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 40th minute, Epifanio Vaca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tabby Leceta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rios Feria, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. A collision led to Los Ángeles de Charlie 2 getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Tulio Alacuart hit a great ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maureo Magdalena stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute, one of Halcon Sport 69:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Halcon Sport 69. Tabby Leceta had in the 61stth minute some difficulties stopping Tulio Alacuart's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. When Maureo Magdalena came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Halcon Sport 69 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 Maureo Magdalena couldn't finish the play. When Ramirez Indo fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Halcon Sport 69's protests and gave Ramirez Indo a yellow card for diving instead. Halcon Sport 69's Franco Lormendez got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 76 minutes into the match, Rafa Abasalo notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Halcon Sport 69's Tabby Leceta. Tabby Leceta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 79 played minutes Halcon Sport 69 got a freekick which was hit by Ramirez Indo. Tulio Alacuart could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Tabby Leceta made a huge save. Blai Peinador charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Blai Peinador the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 82nd minute, Blai Peinador hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 86 minutes of play, Los Ángeles de Charlie 2's Rafa Abasalo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tabby Leceta was left in no man's land by his defense there! 90 minutes into the match, Halcon Sport 69's goal looked a bit too open when Rafa Abasalo came free, but Tabby Leceta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st minute Rafa Abasalo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tabby Leceta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafa Abasalo in the 96th minute of play forced Halcon Sport 69's goalkeeper Tabby Leceta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 98th minute, Tulio Alacuart hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Los Ángeles de Charlie 2's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.