U18 World League

Frontera AFC Stadium
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Filomeno Blai kicked off to start the match. Tomas Duardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Calvino Lozano, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 4th minute, Alejo Calixto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Frontera AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Filomeno Blai kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 10th play minute Alejo Calixto came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Tiburcio Cienfuegos. 2-0. If Filomeno Blai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Frontera AFC's Tomas Duardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pericles Gabas in the 15th minute of play. With a little luck, U.D. Mancini's Tiburcio Cienfuegos got control of the ball when Victorio Gabrio tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tomas Duardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pericles Gabas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 21 minutes of play, U.D. Mancini's Calvino Lozano made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tomas Duardo was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 23rd minute, Adan Ponc hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. U.D. Mancini's Goiz Calderon got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tiburcio Cienfuegos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victorio Gabrio, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Tomas Duardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Calvino Lozano in the 33rd minute of play. Tiburcio Cienfuegos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filomeno Blai, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. The audience was convinced that Filomeno Blai's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tiburcio Cienfuegos was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pericles Gabas in the 38th minute of play forced Frontera AFC's goalkeeper Tomas Duardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Duardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Calvino Lozano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomas Duardo came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by U.D. Mancini's Calvino Lozano. But to his dismay, Calvino Lozano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Pericles Gabas's late challenge caught a Frontera AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pericles Gabas helped the player get up and apologised. After 47 played minutes U.D. Mancini got a freekick which was hit by Pericles Gabas.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Goiz Calderon to make the kick off. Tomas Duardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ekialde Castro in the 54th minute of play. 59 minutes into the game, Pericles Gabas recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Tomas Duardo. Pericles Gabas showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-3. In the 62nd match minute, Frontera AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilfredo Peru to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute, Victorio Gabrio made a precise shot to the right of Tiburcio Cienfuegos. U.D. Mancini's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. In the 72nd minute Calvino Lozano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomas Duardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U.D. Mancini's Tiburcio Cienfuegos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejo Calixto in the 75th minute of play. In the 76th minute Frontera AFC were awarded a corner. Filomeno Blai went to the cornerflag to take it. The audience was convinced that Alejo Calixto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tiburcio Cienfuegos was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. After 88th play minutes Filomeno Blai shot 4-3, a short shot which went by Tiburcio Cienfuegos and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 94th minute, Filomeno Blai made a precise shot to the right of Tiburcio Cienfuegos. U.D. Mancini's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-3. U.D. Mancini's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.