U18 World League

Valleslona Arena
Spectators: 7696 (Terracing: 5773, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abelardo Muno made the kick off which started today's match. Marco Ihintza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arturo Cortes in the 3rd minute. After 3 played minutes lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano got a freekick which was hit by Cayetano Casomiro. 5 minutes into the match, lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano's goalkeeper Marco Ihintza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arturo Cortes. With an all-out effort, Valleslona F.C.'s Marco Ihintza threw himself towards the right post 8 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nico Willams, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Xoan Gonzalvez took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Marco Ihintza to make any attempt to save it. Marco Ihintza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arturo Cortes in the 15th minute of the match. Ulises Frichoso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Epifanio Olle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 20 minutes into the match, Valleslona F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Ulises Frichoso came free, but Epifanio Olle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano booed when Valleslona F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raúl Martínez didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 23rd minute of the match Cayetano Casomiro sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Epifanio Olle skillfully saved the ball. In the 24th minute, Raúl Martínez 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. After 26 minutes, Xoan Gonzalvez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Valleslona F.C. and the lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano players grew even worse after the yellow card. Xoan Gonzalvez kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Marco Ihintza made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Arturo Cortes sent off a good shot on target. Valleslona F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ander Bargas in the 31st minute. The corner ended in Ander Bargas almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano's Marco Ihintza did a great save. Xoan Gonzalvez succeeded in the game's 33rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. Marco Ihintza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xoan Gonzalvez in the 39th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano's goalkeeper Marco Ihintza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arturo Cortes. Epifanio Olle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Uxio in the 42nd minute of the match. Marco Ihintza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xoan Gonzalvez in the 43rd minute of the match. After 45 played minutes lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano got a freekick which was hit by Abelardo Muno. Arturo Cortes did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Marco Ihintza 47 minutes into the match. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arturo Cortes made a kick off. Epifanio Olle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuel Uxio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano booed when Valleslona F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Milio Morera didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano's Abelardo Muno slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Epifanio Olle. That made the score 3-1 after 56 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano's Cayetano Casomiro got a free kick in the 59th minute. Adan Lucila's late challenge caught a Valleslona F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adan Lucila helped the player get up and apologised. Adan Lucila hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. After 63 minutes, Raúl Martínez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Valleslona F.C. and the lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano players grew even worse after the yellow card. Raúl Martínez hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Cortes in the 67th minute of play forced lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano's goalkeeper Marco Ihintza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raúl Martínez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Ihintza having to interfere. Marco Ihintza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nico Willams, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. 75 minutes into the match, Nico Willams had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Ihintza. lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nico Willams was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. After 79 played minutes lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano got a freekick which was hit by Adan Lucila. Milio Morera hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Epifanio Olle acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 82nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Honorato Chorache. After a rather tough play, Valleslona F.C.'s Maurin Calvo got a free kick in the 83rd minute. After a rather tough play, Valleslona F.C.'s Raúl Martínez got a free kick in the 85th minute. The long shot by Honorato Chorache in the 85th minute really tested Epifanio Olle's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Epifanio Olle made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Uxio in the 87th minute of play. Epifanio Olle made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saturnino Claus in the 88th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Valleslona F.C. fans cheered their team off the field, for while lןןl BANFIELD FC Lascano had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.