U23 World League

Francisco Zarco
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) 沈翔崇 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A sloppy throw-in by Ivan Poncio in the 3rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by San Pablo FC's Prospero Moreno. A collision led to San Pablo FC getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Juan Jimenez hit a great ball. 沈翔崇 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without René Higuita having to make a save. Kaplan's René Higuita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Kaplan from getting a goal against them. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kaplan's goalkeeper René Higuita, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kaplan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Juan Jimenez was slow to take the kick. During this time San Pablo FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Juan Jimenez got away a dangerous shot. Despite this René Higuita quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With his leg René Higuita managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when San Pablo FC's 沈翔崇 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 26 minutes into the match, San Pablo FC's 沈翔崇 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that René Higuita narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Kaplan's goalkeeper René Higuita, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 32 played minutes San Pablo FC got a freekick which was hit by Gerardo Lia. With his leg René Higuita managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when San Pablo FC's 沈翔崇 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 沈翔崇 in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck René Higuita prevented the ball from getting in the gole. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lucio Soin to make the kick off. 60 minutes into the game, 沈翔崇 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. René Higuita was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by 沈翔崇 in the 64th minute of play forced Kaplan's goalkeeper René Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 66 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kaplan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Juan Jimenez was slow to take the kick. During this time San Pablo FC's players had a chance to rest. San Pablo FC's Evelio Urtsua was substituted for Pablo Llope. After 70 minutes of play, San Pablo FC's 沈翔崇 made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. René Higuita was left in no man's land by his defense there! 沈翔崇's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but René Higuita read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. Lucio Soin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. René Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 沈翔崇 in the 82nd minute of the match. 沈翔崇 scored 5-0 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of René Higuita, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, 沈翔崇 managed to get in a good position for a shot. San Pablo FC's supporters rose to their feet, but 沈翔崇 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. René Higuita breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.