U18 World League

Chorroarín Arena
Spectators: 7989 (Terracing: 5993, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) Arnoldo Savion made the kick off and thus started the match. Gabriel Salvidor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bruno Maraman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 6th minute, Arnoldo Savion made a precise shot to the right of Ovidio Maureo. Sportivo Ben Hur's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 8th minute Arnoldo Savion shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidio Maureo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Freddy Txilar made in the 20th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Chorroarín's Delmar Romelio. After 21 minutes, Celso Incendio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sportivo Ben Hur and the Chorroarín players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Sportivo Ben Hur's Celso Incendio got a free kick in the 21st minute. In the 24th match minute, Chorroarín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Delmar Romelio to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Sportivo Ben Hur booed when Chorroarín was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcos Illan didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Sportivo Ben Hur defense, Arnoldo Savion kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ovidio Maureo. The Sportivo Ben Hur fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ovidio Maureo should have stopped the shot. In the 33rd minute, Marcos Illan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gabriel Salvidor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Maraman, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Elpidio Tavio hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bruno Maraman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Honorio Baladi during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Chorroarín's Honorio Baladi got a free kick in the 58th minute. Chorroarín's Octavio Oinatz was substituted for Elpidio Tavio. A collision led to Chorroarín getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Bonifacio Roldan hit a great ball. When Delmar Romelio was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 80 minutes had been played. After 81 played minutes Chorroarín got a freekick which was hit by Delmar Romelio. In the 83rd match minute, Chorroarín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Jayvier to maneuver through the defense. Chorroarín's Octavio Oinatz got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Santos Roldan in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ovidio Maureo saved Sportivo Ben Hur from getting behind. Thanks to some nice moves Apolo Ruy could shoot a difficult shot in the 91st minute, which Gabriel Salvidor however easily saved by the left post. The Chorroarín support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.