U23 World League

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬'s Justino Franco started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Angel Quiroga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rudolf Pendleton, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Lazaro Ragsdale took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Angel Quiroga to make any attempt to save it. After 14 minutes, Rudolf Pendleton mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Canalla de Chicago and the ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Horacio Calisto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 27th match minute, ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Cugat to maneuver through the defense. Angel Quiroga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rudolf Pendleton, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Bart Villanueva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Justino Franco, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Joel Cugat kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. 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 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rudolf Pendleton to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Lazaro Ragsdale got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬'s Angel Quiroga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rudolf Pendleton in the 53rd minute of play. After 54 played minutes ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬ got a freekick which was hit by Constantino Macias. In the 55th minute of the match Martin Tuttle shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Angel Quiroga showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 62nd match minute, ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Cugat to maneuver through the defense. In the 65th minute, Rudolf Pendleton made a precise shot to the right of Angel Quiroga. ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. After a defensive mix-up in ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬'s zone, Lazaro Ragsdale stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Angel Quiroga came out of the goal and Lazaro Ragsdale tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 71 played minutes ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬ got a freekick which was hit by Constantino Macias. After a defensive mix-up in ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬'s zone, Martin Tuttle stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Angel Quiroga came out of the goal and Martin Tuttle tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of El Canalla de Chicago booed when ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joel Cugat didn't get a good kick on the ball. Martin Tuttle blasted a shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Angel Quiroga having to make a save. After 77 played minutes ☬彡Lo多o Entrerriano彡☬ got a freekick which was hit by Justino Franco. In the 78th minute, Rudolf Pendleton left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Canalla de Chicago fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. In the 87th minute, Justino Franco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Martin Tuttle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angel Quiroga having to interfere. There was no doubt that El Canalla de Chicago were the better team. El Canalla de Chicago's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.