U18 World League

The Mountain Park
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fidel Cutberto started the match with the kick off. ★ Lobos FC ★'s Fidel Mondragon got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cesar Oporto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Emiliano Sancho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emiliano Sancho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fidel Mondragon in the 8th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Fidel Mondragon could shoot a difficult shot in the 9th minute, which Emiliano Sancho however easily saved by the left post. Fidel Mondragon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Emiliano Sancho made a huge save. Emiliano Sancho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Alvarez in the 18th minute of the match. Mariano Alvarez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to ★ Lobos FC ★ getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Felipe Barreto hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Manfredi AFC's Celedonio Chico got a free kick in the 28th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Melchor Ponciano in the 29th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ★ Lobos FC ★'s Felipe Barreto. 32 minutes into the game, Dennys Rivero was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ★ Lobos FC ★'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Manfredi AFC the free kick. After a rather tough play, ★ Lobos FC ★'s Claudio Bentos got a free kick in the 33rd minute. In the 33rd minute of the match Esteban Dolfos sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Erick Fernandez skillfully saved the ball. 38 minutes into the game, Mariano Alvarez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Emiliano Sancho was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Emiliano Sancho was a little too slow when Fidel Mondragon got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 46th minute. The score was now 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fidel Mondragon to make the kick off. After 52 minutes of play, ★ Lobos FC ★'s Mariano Alvarez made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emiliano Sancho was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jesus Loiola kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Manfredi AFC defense, Mariano Alvarez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emiliano Sancho. The Manfredi AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emiliano Sancho should have stopped the shot. Pablo Cordeal hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 66th minute, Mariano Alvarez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emiliano Sancho was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. In the 70th match minute, Manfredi AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Apolo Baladi to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute, Mariano Alvarez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emiliano Sancho was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. In the 77th minute Alonso Najarro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emiliano Sancho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 77 minutes, Jacobo Pelayo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manfredi AFC and the ★ Lobos FC ★ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 78th minute Mariano Alvarez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emiliano Sancho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alonso Najarro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of ★ Lobos FC ★ booed when Manfredi AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Celedonio Chico didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Manfredi AFC's Pablo Cordeal got a free kick in the 85th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Fidel Mondragon managed to get in a good position for a shot. ★ Lobos FC ★'s supporters rose to their feet, but Fidel Mondragon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emiliano Sancho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jesus Loiola was shown his second yellow card after 87 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Manfredi AFC's goalkeeper Emiliano Sancho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Alonso Najarro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the referee ended the match the ★ Lobos FC ★ players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.