U18 World League

Rodrigo Braña
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, 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. Norberto Hernando started the match with the kick off. Ladislao Endira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norberto Hernando in the 3rd minute of the match. Ladislao Endira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilberto Cordera, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Leonides Cordairo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paolo Maura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonides Cordairo, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Fausto Beltxe recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Teodosio Gasteiz kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Paolo Maura took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Frascuelo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ladislao Endira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fausto Beltxe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Leonides Cordairo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Paolo Maura. That made the score 1-0 in the 25 minute of play. After 28 minutes of play, Ascacibar-Pérez's Elias Figueroa made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paolo Maura was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ladislao Endira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norberto Hernando in the 33rd minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pedro Frascuelo to strike the kick off in the second half. Paolo Maura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Frascuelo, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. In the 60th minute, Norberto Hernando reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ladislao Endira. The goal made the score 2-1. In the 63rd match minute, Ascacibar-Pérez was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elias Figueroa to maneuver through the defense. After 67 minutes, Raul Berriotxoa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ascacibar-Pérez and the MAN FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 67th minute, one of Ascacibar-Pérez:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Ascacibar-Pérez. Gilberto Cordera could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Ladislao Endira made a huge save. Emanuel Monte charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emanuel Monte the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Emanuel Monte hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Leonel Rafel took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 86th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Paolo Maura. MAN FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 88th minute, Teodosio Gasteiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 92 minutes into the match, Ascacibar-Pérez's goal looked a bit too open when Norberto Hernando came free, but Ladislao Endira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elvio Casomiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Ladislao Endira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ascacibar-Pérez succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though MAN FC had controlled the match.