U18 World League

Azul
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Roger Palomares made the kick off which started today's match. Eugenio Laurin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xanti Jareño in the 3rd minute of the match. Eugenio Laurin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roger Palomares in the 4th minute of play. Natal Galdamez hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. After 7 minutes, Erubiel Millan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Informaniaticos and the Downchester City players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 8th minute, Erubiel Millan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Informaniaticos's Eugenio Laurin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roger Palomares in the 12th minute of play. In the 13th minute Roger Palomares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Laurin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roger Palomares recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Roger Palomares fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eugenio Laurin having to interfere. Justino Chinto charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Justino Chinto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 19 played minutes Informaniaticos got a freekick which was hit by Justino Chinto. With a little luck, Downchester City's Pere Manzano got control of the ball when Erubiel Millan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Eugenio Laurin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xanti Jareño, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 28 minutes, Error Quintana managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Downchester City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Error Quintana was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Roger Palomares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pere Manzano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Pero in the 32nd minute of play. A collision led to Informaniaticos getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Clodoveo Porfiro hit a great ball. 38 minutes into the match, Romualdo Echavarri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eugenio Laurin. Informaniaticos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Romualdo Echavarri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Erubiel Millan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Informaniaticos's supporters rose to their feet, but Erubiel Millan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pere Manzano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Informaniaticos players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Downchester City were winning 0-1.

Eugenio Laurin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roger Palomares in the 52nd minute. Eugenio Laurin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xanti Jareño in the 54th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Ciro Luar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Informaniaticos's supporters rose to their feet, but Ciro Luar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pere Manzano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Romualdo Echavarri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Informaniaticos's Eugenio Laurin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Informaniaticos from getting a goal against them. Downchester City's Pere Manzano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justino Chinto in the 66th minute of play. Roger Palomares succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 70th playminute. Justino Chinto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pere Manzano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. When Informaniaticos's Moises Pero in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Downchester City's goalie prevented a goal. Roger Palomares fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eugenio Laurin having to interfere. In the 87th minute, Xanti Jareño reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Eugenio Laurin. The goal made the score 0-3. 91 minutes into the match, Informaniaticos's goalkeeper Eugenio Laurin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roger Palomares. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Informaniaticos's goalkeeper Eugenio Laurin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the final whistle sounded Downchester City left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Informaniaticos.