U18 World League

Nueva Roma
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Israel Olayo made the kick off which started today's match. Lengua de Lobo's Rigoberto Rosario played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adan Francho in the 5th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adan Francho in the 6th minute of play forced Lengua de Lobo's goalkeeper Rigoberto Rosario to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th minute, Adan Francho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The WINNING ELEVEN fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. WINNING ELEVEN's Nicanor Santana got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rigoberto Hechter took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rigoberto Rosario. Rigoberto Rosario dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After a rather tough play, WINNING ELEVEN's Santos Garikoitz got a free kick in the 24th minute. Rigoberto Rosario took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rigoberto Hechter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lengua de Lobo's Rigoberto Rosario played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adan Francho in the 27th minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Lengua de Lobo's goal looked a bit too open when Nicanor Santana came free, but Rigoberto Rosario reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34th minute, Adan Francho 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. Pedro Erramu kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. With a little luck, WINNING ELEVEN's Serafino Polo got control of the ball when Saverio Tuste tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dante Pirmin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Serafino Polo came out and tried to block the shot, but Dante Pirmin slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 40th minute. 44 minutes into the game, Rigoberto Hechter cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Rigoberto Rosario was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Adan Francho was the one to do the kick off. Rigoberto Rosario made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Adan Francho sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, WINNING ELEVEN's Santos Garikoitz got a free kick in the 64th minute. If Nicanor Santana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 77 minutes into the match, Lengua de Lobo's Dante Pirmin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Serafino Polo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pedro Erramu's late challenge caught a Lengua de Lobo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pedro Erramu helped the player get up and apologised. When Pedro Erramu was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 86 minutes had been played. In the 87th match minute, WINNING ELEVEN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedro Erramu to maneuver through the defense. Lengua de Lobo's Rigoberto Rosario played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rigoberto Hechter in the 93rd minute of play. Rigoberto Rosario made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adan Francho in the 94th minute.