U18 World League

Estadio Taltun
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) Taltum FC's Valencia Cifuentes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Loreto Astonzas in the 6th minute of play. 8 minutes into the game, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Benat Trasloseros nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valencia Cifuentes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Xines Herriaga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Henrique Bazan made a huge save. Valencia Cifuentes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benat Trasloseros in the 14th minute of play. Henrique Bazan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xines Herriaga in the 16th minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Benat Trasloseros 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. In the 28th match minute, VERDOLAGA CITY FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rocio Camerin to maneuver through the defense. Jacinto Subijana hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xines Herriaga got free with Henrique Bazan in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Taltum FC's Xines Herriaga got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 47th minute Rocio Camerin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valencia Cifuentes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half VERDOLAGA CITY FC were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xines Herriaga to make the kick off. Martxot Lecubarri's late challenge caught a Taltum FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Martxot Lecubarri helped the player get up and apologised. Martxot Lecubarri hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Valencia Cifuentes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loreto Astonzas in the 56th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Rocio Camerin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valencia Cifuentes was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Henrique Bazan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xines Herriaga in the 64th minute of play. In the 69th minute, Rocio Camerin made a precise shot to the right of Valencia Cifuentes. Taltum FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Henrique Bazan came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Taltum FC's Xines Herriaga. But to his dismay, Xines Herriaga quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Loreto Astonzas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valencia Cifuentes having to interfere. In the 79th minute, Jimmy Broz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 81 minutes, Benat Trasloseros managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. VERDOLAGA CITY FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Benat Trasloseros was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Valencia Cifuentes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Loreto Astonzas went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. When VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Rocio Camerin in the 88th minute got a chance for a shot 88th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Taltum FC's goalie prevented a goal. 94 minutes into the match, Franklin Polo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henrique Bazan. VERDOLAGA CITY FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Franklin Polo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched VERDOLAGA CITY FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.