U23 World League

Yalaquer
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Elmas Duro made the kick off and thus started the match. Fabricio Bayo charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fabricio Bayo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, ............'s Vitin Franques got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 8th minute, Elmas Duro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manfredi AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 13th minute, Elmas Duro 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 referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jesus Loiola during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Jesus Loiola hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Adolfo Ubago hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by ............'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Esteban Dolfos was slow to take the kick. During this time Manfredi AFC's players had a chance to rest. Bustos Cota thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Javier Aubets, a very annoying self made goal in the 24th minute which led to 0-2. After a rather tough play, Manfredi AFC's Clodoveo Urki got a free kick in the 28th minute. After 30 minutes, Apolo Baladi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manfredi AFC and the ............ players grew even worse after the yellow card. 34 minutes into the match, Manfredi AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Zenaido Baz came free, but Valentin Quintun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Esteban Dolfos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zenaido Baz struck a weak shot in the 37th minute. Valentin Quintun didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ............. After having played for 42 minutes, Adolfo Ubago managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ............'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Adolfo Ubago was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 46 minutes into the match, Elmas Duro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Javier Aubets. ............'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Elmas Duro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Jesus Loiola was shown his second yellow card after 51 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of ............ booed when Manfredi AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andres Gabon didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, ............'s Fabricio Bayo got a free kick in the 56th minute. In the 62nd match minute, ............ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabricio Bayo to maneuver through the defense. Javier Aubets took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elmas Duro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 65th minute, Zenaido Baz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of ............ booed when Manfredi AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Clodoveo Urki didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 69 played minutes ............ got a freekick which was hit by Bustos Cota. After some careless play in the Manfredi AFC defense, Zenaido Baz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valentin Quintun. The Manfredi AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valentin Quintun should have stopped the shot. In the 73rd minute, Lisandro Borras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bustos Cota hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Zenaido Baz put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Valentin Quintun. Valentin Quintun didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zenaido Baz went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. The supporters of Manfredi AFC booed when ............ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabricio Bayo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elmas Duro charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elmas Duro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Manfredi AFC getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Elmas Duro hit a great ball. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.