U18 World League

Antonio Herrera G.
Spectators: 7723 (Terracing: 5793, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aimar Ojesto got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Valhalla F.C. getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Rioja Estebanez hit a great ball. Beila Abaunza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thiago da Silva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Valhalla F.C.'s goalkeeper Beila Abaunza, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 9th match minute, Valhalla F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nardo Massana to maneuver through the defense. In the 11th minute, Aimar Ojesto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aimar Ojesto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Luiz Fernando Matos made a huge save. Luiz Fernando Matos was out of position in the 34 minute of play, and Nalo Perdices capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Nalo Perdices really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Luiz Fernando Matos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aimar Ojesto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute, Nalo Perdices fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Luiz Fernando Matos, passed just outside the right post. A collision led to ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Ronaldinho Nogueira hit a great ball. Luiz Fernando Matos was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Nalo Perdices. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Thiago da Silva stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Aimar Ojesto came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the Valhalla F.C. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Aimar Ojesto couldn't finish the play. Valhalla F.C.'s Nalo Perdices got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luiz Fernando Matos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aimar Ojesto in the 63rd minute of play. Ronaldinho Nogueira hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aimar Ojesto in the 65th minute of play forced ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s goalkeeper Luiz Fernando Matos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute of the match Nalo Perdices shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Luiz Fernando Matos showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Valhalla F.C.'s Nalo Perdices couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 70th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™. Siro Fauria hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. 75 minutes into the match, Nalo Perdices notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s Luiz Fernando Matos. Luiz Fernando Matos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 79 minutes into the game, Donato Losa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Valhalla F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ the free kick. After 79 played minutes Valhalla F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Donato Losa. After a rather tough play, ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s Ronaldinho Nogueira got a free kick in the 89th minute. In the 90th minute Aimar Ojesto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Fernando Matos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luiz Fernando Matos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aimar Ojesto in the 93rd minute of the match. If Thiago da Silva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Valhalla F.C. fans cheered their team off the field, for while ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.