U18 World League

Bernabéu
Spectators: 7432 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 50) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Serafin Calixto kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes into the match, Stone City's goalkeeper Arsenio Aballe had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Patricio Lluques. Erubiel Claris charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Erubiel Claris the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Stone City's Erubiel Claris got a free kick in the 21st minute. Arsenio Aballe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oscar Ayala, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 32 minutes, Melchor Txerran mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Te Moriste en Madrid and the Stone City players grew even worse after the yellow card. Melchor Txerran hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Te Moriste en Madrid's zone, Sergio Lucian stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Silvano Mannie came out of the goal and Sergio Lucian tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Silvano Mannie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luciano Seguinus, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After a rather tough play, Te Moriste en Madrid's Danilo Salvadore got a free kick in the 38th minute. Jeronimo Teofilio took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 39th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Silvano Mannie. Te Moriste en Madrid's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Baldomero Arias fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Stone City's protests and gave Baldomero Arias a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Stone City's Baldomero Arias got a free kick in the 44th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Arsenio Aballe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Melchor Txerran in the 51st minute of the match. Silvano Mannie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergio Lucian in the 59th minute of the match. Te Moriste en Madrid's Oscar Ayala managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Erubiel Claris in the 61 minute of the game. Silvano Mannie didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Serafin Calixto went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Patricio Lluques sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 70th minute, Baldomero Arias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valentin Dolcet took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 71st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Arsenio Aballe. Stone City's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Erubiel Claris made in the 74th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ramiro Duarte. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Lluques in the 76th minute of play forced Stone City's goalkeeper Arsenio Aballe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Te Moriste en Madrid's Silvano Mannie got control of the ball when Serafin Calixto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sergio Lucian received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Silvano Mannie came out and tried to block the shot, but Sergio Lucian slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 85th minute. Silvano Mannie made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Serafin Calixto sent off a good shot on target. In the 89th minute, Baldomero Arias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.