U18 World League

Gigante de Playmobil
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Paulão Quirino started the match with the kick off. Igor Abreu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Octavio Urritz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 19 minutes into the game, Paulão Quirino was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pendotiba's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Los Playmobil FC the free kick. In the 19th match minute, Pendotiba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulão Quirino to maneuver through the defense. Ramiro Dias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Santos Ilazki in the 20th minute. After 21 played minutes Pendotiba got a freekick which was hit by Igor Abreu. Los Playmobil FC's Octavio Urritz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Abreu in the 24th minute of play. After 24 minutes, Santos Ilazki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Los Playmobil FC and the Pendotiba players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 24th minute, Santos Ilazki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Octavio Urritz came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by Pendotiba's Paulão Quirino. But to his dismay, Paulão Quirino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Igor Abreu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Paulão Quirino scored 1-2 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Octavio Urritz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 46 played minutes Los Playmobil FC got a freekick which was hit by Victorino Urre. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rene Frances stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 2-2 became the score in the 61st minute when Santos Ilazki elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Victorino Urre sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 68 minutes, Igor Abreu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pendotiba and the Los Playmobil FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 69th minute, Igor Abreu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 70 minutes into the match, Pendotiba's goal looked a bit too open when Rene Frances came free, but Ramiro Dias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ramiro Dias didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victorino Urre went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. In the 75th minute, Eusebio Fertus had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. During the 75th minute of the match Paulão Quirino completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Paulão Quirino a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to Pendotiba getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Paulão Quirino hit a great ball. A collision led to Pendotiba getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Rony Trevisan hit a great ball. Santos Ilazki hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 83rd match minute, Pendotiba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cacá Salles to maneuver through the defense. 88 minutes into the match, Pendotiba's goal looked a bit too open when Victorino Urre came free, but Ramiro Dias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 90 minutes into the match, Pendotiba's goal looked a bit too open when Victorino Urre came free, but Ramiro Dias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ramiro Dias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santos Ilazki in the 92nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rene Frances in the 94th minute of play forced Pendotiba's goalkeeper Ramiro Dias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victorino Urre recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Los Playmobil FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Pendotiba for a fine match.