U18 World League

Íbero de Sagunto
Spectators: 7692 (Terracing: 5770, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Martín Villar got the match started through his kick off. Tobiasr Sainz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Blas Ubarna in the 3rd minute of the match. The supporters of Madison booed when Hispania was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rigoberto Erosa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tobiasr Sainz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Blas Ubarna went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Blas Ubarna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Tobiasr Sainz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Gualterio Conrao came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Madison 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 Gualterio Conrao couldn't finish the play. In the 16th minute, Hispania's Ximun Zapater dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. In the 22nd match minute, Madison was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gregorio Hodei to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ximun Zapater in the 26th minute of play forced Madison's goalkeeper Jeremias Michael to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tobiasr Sainz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gualterio Conrao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Madison defense, Rigoberto Erosa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jeremias Michael. The Madison fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jeremias Michael should have stopped the shot. Tobiasr Sainz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Blas Ubarna in the 38th minute of the match. After 41 minutes of play, Hispania's Rigoberto Erosa made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jeremias Michael was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Blas Ubarna in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tobiasr Sainz saved Hispania from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Blas Ubarna in the 47th minute of play forced Hispania's goalkeeper Tobiasr Sainz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Blas Ubarna was the one to do the kick off. Nestor Unai charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nestor Unai the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 65th minute, Nestor Unai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hispania's Tobiasr Sainz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcial Feliu in the 74th minute of play. In the 76th minute Martín Villar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Michael saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th match minute, Hispania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lordi Jimenez to maneuver through the defense. Gregorio Hodei recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 87thth minute of the game Ulises Jurgi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hispania's Tobiasr Sainz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tobiasr Sainz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Blas Ubarna showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-2 in the 88 minute of play. A collision led to Hispania getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Lordi Jimenez hit a great ball. Jeremias Michael showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martín Villar, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Hispania's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.