U18 World League

Arena SuperChango
Spectators: 7507 (Terracing: 5631, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mane Pobes started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute Mane Pobes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Humberto Sotero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to RAMBO FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Nuno Bernabeytia hit a great ball. Zabal Bucaran made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Casimiro Bihar sent off a good shot on target. After 25 minutes of play, RAMBO FC's Belarmo Campelo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Humberto Sotero was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zabal Bucaran made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Nemesio Cefero sent off a good shot on target. SuperChango's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marcelino Isadore in the 30th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Casimiro Bihar got free with Zabal Bucaran in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nemesio Cefero hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Belarmo Campelo in the 37th minute of play forced SuperChango's goalkeeper Humberto Sotero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th match minute, SuperChango was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leandro Emeterio to maneuver through the defense. Fabricio Unax sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Casimiro Bihar to make the kick off. The supporters of RAMBO FC booed when SuperChango was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maximiliano Aureo didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelino Isadore in the 56th minute of play forced RAMBO FC's goalkeeper Zabal Bucaran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Humberto Sotero made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Belarmo Campelo sent off a good shot on target. RAMBO FC's Zabal Bucaran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Casimiro Bihar in the 74th minute of play. Nuno Bernabeytia made in the 78th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by SuperChango's Moises Favila. After 80 played minutes SuperChango got a freekick which was hit by Eulalio Sotero. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. RAMBO FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.