World League

PeposTaDium
Spectators: 7874 (Terracing: 5906, Seating: 1811, VIP seats: 157) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Herminio Stephen started the match with the kick off. Candido Piedra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herminio Stephen, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 15 minutes, Candido Piedra successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Olds School Pepo's Jacinto Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Visen Allu in the 17th minute of play. Candido Piedra didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Herminio Stephen went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 24th minute, Visen Allu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jacinto Nicholas was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Candido Piedra stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Herminio Stephen's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. Olds School Pepo's Herminio Stephen got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 35 minutes into the match, Olds School Pepo's Herminio Stephen sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Candido Piedra narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 43rd minute Herminio Stephen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Candido Piedra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Visen Allu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Olds School Pepo's zone, Visen Allu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacinto Nicholas came out of the goal and Visen Allu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A sloppy throw-in by Alexandro Cattalán in the 56th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Olds School Pepo's Gustavo Gomez. Olds School Pepo's Baltasar Raitin was substituted for Herminio Stephen. Orlando Eudoxio made in the 66th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Hanafi Indonesianus however managed to control. In the 67thth minute of the game Visen Allu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Olds School Pepo's Jacinto Nicholas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 73rd minute, Aleksander Pazura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Altermundi FC's Gerónimo Molina was substituted for Visen Allu. A collision led to Olds School Pepo getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Aleksander Pazura hit a great ball. When the match had been going on for 76 minutes Pedro Reyes shot a great shot from long distance. It looked like a certain goal, but the audience witnessed a really smashing save by Jacinto Nicholas when he caught the ball only just under the crossbar. Altermundi FC's Candido Piedra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baltasar Raitin in the 79th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baltasar Raitin in the 81st minute of play forced Altermundi FC's goalkeeper Candido Piedra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacinto Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jude Hylton in the 83rd minute of the match. Altermundi FC made a substitution. Pío Ducoing replaced Alexandro Cattalán. 93 minutes into the match, Gerónimo Molina notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Olds School Pepo's Jacinto Nicholas. Jacinto Nicholas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Although Olds School Pepo had been in control for most of the match, Altermundi FC still came away with the win.