U18 World League

Palacio del Amor
Spectators: 7565 (Terracing: 5675, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gillermo Serrano took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 minutes, Nicolao Abella mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Los Kollas and the Halcon Sport 69 players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Halcon Sport 69 booed when Los Kollas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicolao Abella didn't get a good kick on the ball. Los Kollas's Gumaro Abel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gillermo Serrano in the 4th minute of play. Gumaro Abel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gillermo Serrano in the 10th minute. Gumaro Abel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Boniel Tama in the 11th minute. In the 12th minute, Nicolao Abella made a precise shot to the right of Tabby Leceta. Halcon Sport 69's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 17 minutes into the match, Los Kollas's goalkeeper Gumaro Abel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Boniel Tama. In the 18th minute, Halcon Sport 69's Gillermo Serrano dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. After a rather tough play, Halcon Sport 69's Estebe Asturiano got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Gumaro Abel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gillermo Serrano in the 26th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the match, Halcon Sport 69's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolao Abella came free, but Tabby Leceta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Los Kollas's defense didn't have a chance, in the 30th minute, when Boniel Tama scored to the left of an out of position Gumaro Abel, making the score, 2-1. A collision led to Los Kollas getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Estebano Abenda hit a great ball. In the 36th minute Gillermo Serrano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gumaro Abel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gumaro Abel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gillermo Serrano in the 39th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nicolao Abella was the one to do the kick off. Gumaro Abel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boniel Tama in the 56th minute of the match. Gumaro Abel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gillermo Serrano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boniel Tama in the 60th minute of play forced Los Kollas's goalkeeper Gumaro Abel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gumaro Abel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gillermo Serrano, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 68th minute, Silvestre Abar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Silvestre Abar kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Gumaro Abel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boniel Tama in the 73rd minute of play. In the 74th minute Gillermo Serrano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gumaro Abel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Gillermo Serrano fell near the penalty area in the 75th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Halcon Sport 69's protests and gave Gillermo Serrano a yellow card for diving instead. Gillermo Serrano hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Urre Abalos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tabby Leceta having to interfere. Gumaro Abel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ofelio Borizar, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Los Kollas's Gumaro Abel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pepillo Peñaranda in the 84th minute of play. Gumaro Abel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Boniel Tama went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Gumaro Abel came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Halcon Sport 69's Boniel Tama. But to his dismay, Boniel Tama quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Halcon Sport 69's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.