U18 World League

MANDALARENA
Spectators: 7711 (Terracing: 5785, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) Curro Huarte made the kick off and thus started the match. After 2 played minutes ALPUJARRAS LIBRE got a freekick which was hit by Antxoka Abancens. In the 9th minute, Silverio Bihar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristo Alacuart hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Taio Bermejo charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Taio Bermejo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's Taio Bermejo got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 23rd minute of the match Vicente Izel shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Neron Gibert showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arbidel Nadal in the 28th minute of play forced ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s goalkeeper Prudencio Bilbo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Silverio Bihar fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s protests and gave Silverio Bihar a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of ALPUJARRAS LIBRE booed when ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silverio Bihar didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 38th match minute, ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silverio Bihar to maneuver through the defense. ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s Prudencio Bilbo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sindo Fernandez in the 41st minute of play. Seve Feria hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Raul Arce to make the kick off. ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s Prudencio Bilbo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Curro Huarte in the 57th minute of play. After 69 played minutes ALPUJARRAS LIBRE got a freekick which was hit by Cristo Alacuart. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE made a substitution. Xosepe Morales replaced Bernard Jaen. The supporters of ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ booed when ALPUJARRAS LIBRE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristo Alacuart didn't get a good kick on the ball. Neron Gibert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florencio Gaitano in the 82nd minute of play. In the 85th minute García Salgado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Prudencio Bilbo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 88 played minutes Florencio Gaitano rounded ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. In the 94th minute, Silverio Frans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 97 minutes into the match, Sindo Fernandez notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s Prudencio Bilbo. Prudencio Bilbo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The ALPUJARRAS LIBRE support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.