U18 World League

ESTADIO ANGELITO
Spectators: 7454 (Terracing: 5591, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arbas Sacristán started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes of play, Los Colegas del Barrio's Guter Puig made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonides Matteo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Quinton Pujol made an important save on a dangerous shot by Froilan Urtungo in the 10th minute. Jorge Cristofol received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Quinton Pujol came out and tried to block the shot, but Jorge Cristofol slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 14th minute. Orlando Merino charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Orlando Merino the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 33 minutes into the match, Los Colegas del Barrio's goalkeeper Quinton Pujol had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Froilan Urtungo. Quinton Pujol made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Froilan Urtungo sent off a good shot on target. Guter Puig charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guter Puig the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 36th match minute, Los Colegas del Barrio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guter Puig to maneuver through the defense. Leonides Matteo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arbas Sacristán in the 46th minute of play. A collision led to PLUMIN getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Serafino Rio hit a great ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jorge Cristofol made a kick off. Aloisio Huerta's late challenge caught a PLUMIN's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aloisio Huerta helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 51st minute of the game. One of Los Colegas del Barrio:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of PLUMIN:s goal. Quinton Pujol showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Cristofol in the 60th minute of the match. After 61 minutes of play, PLUMIN's Froilan Urtungo made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Quinton Pujol was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kemen Flores kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Carlos Bartolome charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Carlos Bartolome the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 69th minute, Kemen Flores got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Quinton Pujol showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Froilan Urtungo in the 73rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, PLUMIN's Carlos Bartolome got a free kick in the 79th minute. After having played for 82 minutes, Guter Puig managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Los Colegas del Barrio's supporters crossed their fingers, but Guter Puig was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 84th minute Arbas Sacristán shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonides Matteo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Froilan Urtungo came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the PLUMIN 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 Froilan Urtungo couldn't finish the play. After 88 played minutes PLUMIN got a freekick which was hit by Serafino Rio. Guter Puig might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leonides Matteo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Guter Puig ran back to his position shaking his head. Quinton Pujol made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Froilan Urtungo in the 95th minute of play. Guter Puig kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. When PLUMIN's Froilan Urtungo in the 98th minute got a chance for a shot 98th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Los Colegas del Barrio's goalie prevented a goal. Los Colegas del Barrio's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because PLUMIN had won, even though Los Colegas del Barrio had held more of the ball.