U18 World League

EL PINO
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Florian Secanell kicked off to start the match. Rodolfo Mikelats's late challenge caught a El Pinar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rodolfo Mikelats helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of El Pinar booed when Pegaso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodolfo Mikelats didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 9th minute, Abel Colas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tomas Olazarra was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 19 minutes of play, El Pinar's Florian Secanell made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zeledon Hermon was left in no man's land by his defense there! Abel Colas struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Tomas Olazarra didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pegaso. Florian Secanell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Zeledon Hermon made a huge save. A collision led to Pegaso getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Rodolfo Mikelats hit a great ball. In the 28th minute of the match Teyo Ebro sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zeledon Hermon skillfully saved the ball. In the 32nd minute, Teyo Ebro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Jurgi in the 34th minute of play forced El Pinar's goalkeeper Tomas Olazarra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes into the game, Pegaso's Abel Colas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tomas Olazarra made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Abel Colas made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Nuxila Reguera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 57 minutes into the match, El Pinar's goalkeeper Tomas Olazarra had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abel Colas. Cordarrol Montez hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. The corner led Pegaso's Siro Ongile to fire away a dangerous shot which Tomas Olazarra despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Siro Ongile's late challenge caught a El Pinar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Siro Ongile helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Pegaso getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Siro Ongile hit a great ball. In the 81st minute, Teyo Ebro sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Pegaso's Zeledon Hermon didn't even have to move. Tomas Olazarra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camilo Bastiaro in the 83rd minute of play. Teyo Ebro charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Teyo Ebro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, El Pinar's Teyo Ebro got a free kick in the 84th minute. 85 minutes into the match, El Pinar's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Jurgi came free, but Tomas Olazarra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Olazarra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernesto Jurgi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd minute Abel Colas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomas Olazarra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zeledon Hermon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florian Secanell in the 94th minute of play. In the 95th minute, Serafino Dominguez 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. Chants of Pegaso echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as El Pinar had held the ball for most of the match.