U23 World League

San Pablo de Occo
Spectators: 7668 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) Lion Messi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With a little luck, La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez got control of the ball when Cheche Bellogin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Joey Guezmes charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Joey Guezmes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th match minute, RAMBO FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joey Guezmes to maneuver through the defense. 9 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goal looked a bit too open when Benvide Cercalde came free, but Dibag Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez got control of the ball when Benvide Cercalde tried to sneak it across the goal line. RAMBO FC's Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guillermo Iago in the 18th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goal looked a bit too open when Cheche Bellogin came free, but Dibag Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lion Messi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. RAMBO FC's Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guillermo Iago in the 31st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joey Guezmes got free with Dibag Martinez in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Benvide Cercalde's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 34thth minute, Dibag Martinez skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Godfried Van de cauter hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. When Ángel-Fabián Di María came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the La Scaloneta 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 Ángel-Fabián Di María couldn't finish the play. La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erasto Cobo in the 44th minute of play. After a rather tough play, La Scaloneta's Bernardo Lalla got a free kick in the 46th minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

In the 56thth minute of the game Cheche Bellogin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lucas Rico kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. RAMBO FC's Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save RAMBO FC from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Prudencio Polo during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Prudencio Polo kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Guillermo Iago fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez having to interfere. The supporters of La Scaloneta booed when RAMBO FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucas Rico didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 73rd minute, Bernardo Lalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Rico in the 78th minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Dibag Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of La Scaloneta booed when RAMBO FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abel Vidal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lion Messi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Oscar-Alfredo Ibanez made a huge save. After 85 minutes of play, RAMBO FC's Lucas Rico made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dibag Martinez was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, RAMBO FC's Abel Vidal got a free kick in the 92nd minute. RAMBO FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.