U21 World League

La Bernalesa
Spectators: 7764 (Terracing: 5824, Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pelle Maradona started the match with the kick off. After 2 minutes, Leal Figueiredo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PLURAL and the Villa La Perla players grew even worse after the yellow card. Leal Figueiredo kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. 10 minutes into the match, PLURAL's goalkeeper José Ramos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pelle Maradona. José Ramos was out of position in the 12 minute of play, and Pelle Maradona capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Pelle Maradona really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind PLURAL's goalkeeper José Ramos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nemesio Tuste charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nemesio Tuste the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 18th minute, Nemesio Tuste hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Ramos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pelle Maradona, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. In the 30th minute, Pelle Maradona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Villa La Perla fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 33rd minute Alonzo Ganix shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Ramos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Villa La Perla booed when PLURAL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leandro Falcão didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Alonzo Ganix came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Villa La Perla fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Alonzo Ganix couldn't finish the play. The supporters of PLURAL booed when Villa La Perla was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nemesio Tuste didn't get a good kick on the ball. José Ramos was a little too slow when Isaac Eleder got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 46th minute. The score was now 4-0. 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 4-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Caio Caiado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. José Ramos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nemesio Tuste, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. After 74 minutes of play, Villa La Perla's Pelle Maradona made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. José Ramos was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Pelle Maradona in the 78th minute of play forced PLURAL's goalkeeper José Ramos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, PLURAL's Aloísio Leitão got a free kick in the 79th minute. José Ramos came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Villa La Perla's Nemesio Tuste. But to his dismay, Nemesio Tuste quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. After a rather tough play, PLURAL's Caio Caiado got a free kick in the 81st minute. The supporters of PLURAL booed when Villa La Perla was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nemesio Tuste didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nemesio Tuste might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over José Ramos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nemesio Tuste ran back to his position shaking his head. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Villa La Perla fans cheered their team off the field, for while PLURAL had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.