U23 World League

Estadio El Coloso
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cirilo Escobar made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of El Stradivarius booed when Tiburones Rojos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Esteve Dimas didn't get a good kick on the ball. 8 minutes into the match, Tiburones Rojos's Teofilo Venceslao sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Melchor Medero narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cirilo Escobar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ruben Lorien took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Melchor Medero. Melchor Medero dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. When the match clock showed 18 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Ruben Lorien sped through El Stradivarius's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Melchor Medero. Ramon Urbez kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Teofilo Venceslao 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. Albano Luke received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Melchor Medero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 25 played minutes El Stradivarius got a freekick which was hit by Moises Sauveur. After a rather tough play, Tiburones Rojos's Albano Luke got a free kick in the 29th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teofilo Venceslao in the 36th minute of play forced El Stradivarius's goalkeeper Melchor Medero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Melchor Medero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruben Lorien in the 41st minute of the match. The El Stradivarius players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Tiburones Rojos were winning 0-5.

The wind increased when Ruben Lorien made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ruben Lorien got free with Melchor Medero in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 55th minute, Ruben Lorien left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tiburones Rojos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ruben Lorien got free with Melchor Medero in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 62 minutes into the match, Tiburones Rojos's goal looked a bit too open when Cirilo Escobar came free, but Sorapong Raisungnurn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 65th minute, Albano Luke left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tiburones Rojos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. Melchor Medero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teofilo Venceslao in the 68th minute of the match. Melchor Medero didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ruben Lorien went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. Ruben Lorien could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Melchor Medero made a huge save. In the 91st minute, one of El Stradivarius: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 El Stradivarius. When the match was over Tiburones Rojos could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than El Stradivarius throughout the match.