U23 World League

La Cucha
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) Mauricio Padro made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 8th minute Big Babousa were awarded a corner. Ciriaco Evis went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Ciriaco Evis got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Christian Ixidor quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Lucio Dayam made in the 13th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Big Babousa's Federico Tab. In the 14th minute Mauricio Padro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Ixidor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Perrucho FC's Urbano Emesto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Cipriano Crescencio. That made the score 1-0 after 19 minutes of play. In the 27thth minute of the game Urbano Emesto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Big Babousa's Cipriano Crescencio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 29th minute, Mauricio Padro 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mauricio Padro in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Christian Ixidor prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Christian Ixidor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mauricio Padro, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 35th minute Big Babousa were awarded a corner. Ciriaco Evis went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Rafael Raymon got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-1. 35 minutes into the match. Urbano Emesto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Cipriano Crescencio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 39th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Perrucho FC's zone, Mauricio Padro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Christian Ixidor came out of the goal and Mauricio Padro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Mauricio Padro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Urbano Emesto to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute, Jairo Ixaka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Christian Ixidor made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Mauricio Padro sent off a good shot on target. Rigoberto Lobo's late challenge caught a Big Babousa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rigoberto Lobo helped the player get up and apologised. Rigoberto Lobo kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Mauricio Padro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Christian Ixidor. That made the score 1-2 in the 56 minute of play. Mauricio Padro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Christian Ixidor came out and tried to block the shot, but Mauricio Padro slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Urbano Emesto in the 76th minute of play forced Big Babousa's goalkeeper Cipriano Crescencio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Urbano Emesto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Cipriano Crescencio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. The Big Babousa players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.