U23 World League

Alejandro Perez
Spectators: 7750 (Terracing: 5814, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) In the 2nd minute, Eurico Lima left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Volvimos mejores fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Habakkuk Shearer hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Edgardo Bertran took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 7th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jeremias Vedillo. Volvimos mejores's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Alfonso Valentine showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eurico Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Jeremias Vedillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciriaco Cayo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 13th minute Eurico Lima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Valentine saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15thth minute of the game Haroldo Manex who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RED DEVIL's Alfonso Valentine was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Volvimos mejores's Edmund Lindgren got a free kick in the 24th minute. Alfonso Valentine showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Haroldo Manex, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. After some careless play in the RED DEVIL defense, Eurico Lima kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alfonso Valentine. The RED DEVIL fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alfonso Valentine should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, RED DEVIL's Alfonso Valentine got control of the ball when Eurico Lima tried to sneak it across the goal line. Masao Koriotto's late challenge caught a RED DEVIL's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Masao Koriotto helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Volvimos mejores getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Masao Koriotto hit a great ball. In the 46th minute, Hugo Urtats 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ciriaco Cayo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Ciriaco Cayo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Vedillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 53 minutes of play, Volvimos mejores's Eurico Lima made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfonso Valentine was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alfonso Valentine showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eurico Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Gonzalo Procopio was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 59 minutes into the match. RED DEVIL's Alfonso Valentine played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Habakkuk Shearer in the 64th minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Eurico Lima had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alfonso Valentine. RED DEVIL's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eurico Lima was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Volvimos mejores made a substitution. Bernabe Batista replaced Habakkuk Shearer. Alfonso Valentine came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Volvimos mejores's Haroldo Manex. But to his dismay, Haroldo Manex quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Jeremias Vedillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciriaco Cayo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. RED DEVIL's Alfonso Valentine played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Haroldo Manex in the 76th minute of play. When Volvimos mejores's Eurico Lima in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye RED DEVIL's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, RED DEVIL's Teo Chale got a free kick in the 80th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eloy Bonadona in the 84th minute of play forced RED DEVIL's goalkeeper Alfonso Valentine to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eurico Lima took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alfonso Valentine. Alfonso Valentine dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. Haroldo Manex sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 92nd minute, Bernabe Batista left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Volvimos mejores fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. Alfonso Valentine showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Urtats, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Volvimos mejores walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.