U18 World League

Johan Cruyff
Spectators: 7853 (Terracing: 5891, Seating: 1806, VIP seats: 156) Manolito Flores made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of ALIDIM FOR EVER booed when F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marco-Antonio Climent didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santos Barros in the 6th minute of play forced F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Ramón Quiroga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carlos Hitzeder was slow to take the kick. During this time ALIDIM FOR EVER's players had a chance to rest. Carlos Hitzeder made a great header on ALIDIM FOR EVER's corner, it was just that F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Ramón Quiroga managed to reach the ball for a save. Mariano Pepillo kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Ramón Quiroga didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Santos Barros went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After 16 played minutes ALIDIM FOR EVER got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Hitzeder. Ramón Quiroga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Freddy Delfino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, ALIDIM FOR EVER's Tomás Pirro got a free kick in the 21st minute. 22 minutes into the match, Manolito Flores dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Julian Serafo, 1-1. Julian Serafo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joachim Dobale in the 25th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Joachim Dobale dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1. Joachim Dobale in the 34thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Julian Serafo, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. César Nafría in the 35thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Julian Serafo, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 36th minute of the match, Joachim Dobale got a very nice opportunity to score, but Julian Serafo was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 40th match minute, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by César Nafría to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Julian Serafo threw himself towards the right post 46 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Manolito Flores, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Santos Barros stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, ALIDIM FOR EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Joachim Dobale came free, but Julian Serafo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute, Joachim Dobale left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Julian Serafo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joachim Dobale in the 61st minute of play. After 63 played minutes ALIDIM FOR EVER got a freekick which was hit by Guido Procopio. ALIDIM FOR EVER made a substitution. Ariel Ted replaced Freddy Delfino. After 64 played minutes ALIDIM FOR EVER got a freekick which was hit by Guido Procopio. The audience was convinced that Joachim Dobale's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julian Serafo was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. 67 minutes into the match, Ariel Ted dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ramón Quiroga, 4-2. Monte Vega hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 72nd match minute, ALIDIM FOR EVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Casimiro Lluques to maneuver through the defense. ALIDIM FOR EVER's Elvio Harriet was substituted for Guido Procopio. The supporters of F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA booed when ALIDIM FOR EVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Casimiro Lluques didn't get a good kick on the ball. Julian Serafo came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Joachim Dobale. But to his dismay, Joachim Dobale quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joachim Dobale in the 83rd minute of play forced ALIDIM FOR EVER's goalkeeper Julian Serafo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco-Antonio Climent hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. 97 minutes into the match, ALIDIM FOR EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Joachim Dobale came free, but Julian Serafo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA fans cheered their team off the field, for while ALIDIM FOR EVER had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.