U23 World League

El Puma-Manzanares
Spectators: 7578 (Terracing: 5684, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Manolo Candamil took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s Gomesano Santalla seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Gomesano Santalla the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Gomesano Santalla had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 4th match minute, Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gomesano Santalla to maneuver through the defense. Aves Negras's Rodrigo Espiridion played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Archibaldo Ponce in the 12th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xacintu Marin in the 23rd minute of play forced Aves Negras's goalkeeper Rodrigo Espiridion to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s goal looked a bit too open when Fausto Berenguer came free, but Angelo Guerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rodrigo Espiridion showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Archibaldo Ponce in the 30th minute of the match. In the 32nd match minute, Aves Negras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ezequiel Roldan to maneuver through the defense. Xacintu Marin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rodrigo Espiridion came out and tried to block the shot, but Xacintu Marin slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 37th minute. In the 40th minute, Ezequiel Roldan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 43 minutes into the match, Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s goal looked a bit too open when Ezequiel Roldan came free, but Angelo Guerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leo Lawrence hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. When Guifre Irureta came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. 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 Guifre Irureta couldn't finish the play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Rodrigo Espiridion took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Archibaldo Ponce, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s Alexandro Serra got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rodrigo Espiridion showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xacintu Marin in the 54th minute of the match. Victorino Isaio's late challenge caught a Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Victorino Isaio helped the player get up and apologised. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Xacintu Marin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Xacintu Marin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rodrigo Espiridion breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Angelo Guerra made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fausto Berenguer in the 70th minute. Aves Negras's Rodrigo Espiridion played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xacintu Marin in the 72nd minute of play. In the 77thth minute of the game Guifre Irureta who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Aves Negras's Rodrigo Espiridion was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rodrigo Espiridion made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xacintu Marin in the 79th minute of play. Ezequiel Roldan was shown his second yellow card after 89 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 90 played minutes Aves Negras got a freekick which was hit by Ezequiel Roldan. 96 minutes into the match, Aves Negras's goal looked a bit too open when Archibaldo Ponce came free, but Rodrigo Espiridion reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee ended the match the Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.