U23 World League

Honorino landa
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Manuel Neira started the match with the kick off. Jaume Zegarra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Neville Peach tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sandro Placente showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abraham Laing, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. The audience was convinced that Ed Mckinley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sandro Placente was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Sandro Placente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Laing in the 13th minute of the match. Eden Heberle hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. In the 20th minute Ed Mckinley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sandro Placente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sandro Placente made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dagan Eicke in the 22nd minute of play. In the 23rd minute, Abraham Laing ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sandro Placente was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Dagan Eicke took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sandro Placente. Sandro Placente 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. Sandro Placente made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abraham Laing in the 35th minute of play. In the 39th minute Abraham Laing shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sandro Placente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. union española s.a.'s Sandro Placente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Laing in the 40th minute of play. Sandro Placente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Laing in the 44th minute of the match. 45 minutes into the match, union española s.a.'s goal looked a bit too open when Abraham Laing came free, but Sandro Placente reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sandro Placente showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ed Mckinley, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abraham Laing stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute of the match, Abraham Laing tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Sandro Placente saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Eden Heberle hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Art Kidman during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 56 played minutes Amputees FC got a freekick which was hit by Art Kidman. After 58 minutes of play, Amputees FC's Dagan Eicke made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sandro Placente was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 61st minute, Hernán Gamboa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Neville Peach showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luciano Quilapan in the 64th minute of the match. 67 minutes into the match, Amputees FC's goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Neira came free, but Neville Peach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sandro Placente made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ed Mckinley in the 69th minute of play. With his leg Sandro Placente managed to avoid a goal in the 72ndth minute, when Amputees FC's Abraham Laing fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Dagan Eicke in the 73rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Sandro Placente, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 76 minutes into the match, union española s.a.'s goal looked a bit too open when Ed Mckinley came free, but Sandro Placente reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ed Mckinley hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, union española s.a.'s Hernán Gamboa got a free kick in the 80th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Amputees FC's Ed Mckinley slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sandro Placente. That made the score 0-4 after 82 minutes of play. Sandro Placente made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Abraham Laing sent off a good shot on target. 88 minutes into the match, Dagan Eicke had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sandro Placente. union española s.a.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dagan Eicke was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. If Ed Mckinley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee felt a red card was in order, 93 minutes into the game, when Hernán Gamboa put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in union española s.a. fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 92nd minute. Penalty! Amputees FC played a much better game than union española s.a. and deserved their victory. The union española s.a. players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.