U18 World League

ReyPoxo Stadium
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Francisco Cloyo kicked off to start the match. ReyPoxo's Bautista Urruti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Matia in the 8th minute of play. Igor Quintana kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. After 12 played minutes, Joy Division Athletic's Remigio Canor shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Bautista Urruti came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Joy Division Athletic reached it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rufio Caballero during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to ReyPoxo getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Rufio Caballero hit a great ball. Bautista Urruti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiburcio Oliverio in the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute Eugenio Ritchie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bautista Urruti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sotero Orozco got free with Moises Berdoi in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 26 minutes into the match, ReyPoxo's goal looked a bit too open when Romeo Matia came free, but Bautista Urruti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joy Division Athletic's Moises Berdoi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Joy Division Athletic from getting a goal against them. With an all-out effort, ReyPoxo's Moises Berdoi threw himself towards the right post 33 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sotero Orozco, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Cornelio Ecija received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Moises Berdoi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Moises Berdoi was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Rufio Caballero capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rufio Caballero really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. With a little luck, Joy Division Athletic's Moises Berdoi got control of the ball when Igor Quintana tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 45 played minutes Joy Division Athletic got a freekick which was hit by Eugenio Ritchie. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sotero Orozco to make the kick off. Moises Berdoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cornelio Ecija in the 51st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ReyPoxo's Benvide Harroyo got a free kick in the 53rd minute. A collision led to ReyPoxo getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Sotero Orozco hit a great ball. In the 67th minute, Sotero Orozco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Moises Berdoi was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Moises Berdoi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sotero Orozco, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Moises Berdoi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rufio Caballero went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. If Rufio Caballero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bautista Urruti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Matia, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. ReyPoxo's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.