U18 World League

BARRIO LAS LILAS
Spectators: 6822 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 100) LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Marcial Gines started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 2nd minute, Eustaquio Elodio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Motu's Epifanio Vitin tried to score from far away in the 3rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 5 minutes into the match, Elvio Maule notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Narciso Aballe. Narciso Aballe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 8 minutes into the game, Motu's Ubaldo Ibar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Narciso Aballe made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Motu's Eliseo Abeita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Motu from getting a goal against them. Narciso Aballe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Epifanio Vitin in the 19th minute of play. Narciso Aballe came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Motu's Epifanio Vitin. But to his dismay, Epifanio Vitin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. After some careless play in the LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP defense, Ubaldo Ibar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Narciso Aballe. The LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Narciso Aballe should have stopped the shot. If Benedicto Tebaldo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 33 minutes into the match, Motu's goalkeeper Eliseo Abeita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Florencio Eguzki. 34 minutes into the game, Motu's Ubaldo Ibar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Narciso Aballe made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Narciso Aballe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Epifanio Vitin in the 39th minute of play. Narciso Aballe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pastor Navarro in the 40th minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Camilo Oliverios hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute, Epifanio Vitin sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Narciso Aballe didn't even have to move. After the first half Motu were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

In the 52nd minute of the match, Ubaldo Ibar tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Narciso Aballe saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The crowd rose to their feet as Epifanio Vitin kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Narciso Aballe. That made the score 0-6 in the 54 minute of play. Eliseo Abeita came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Florencio Eguzki. But to his dismay, Florencio Eguzki quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-6. The supporters of LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP booed when Motu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mario Cugat didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nicasio Casomiro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 62nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Eliseo Abeita. Motu's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Eliseo Abeita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florencio Eguzki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ubaldo Ibar's late challenge caught a LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ubaldo Ibar helped the player get up and apologised. Ubaldo Ibar hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. The supporters of Motu booed when LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Saturnino Katia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Remigio Aurre received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Narciso Aballe came out and tried to block the shot, but Remigio Aurre slotted it home off the left post making it 1-7 in the 76th minute. Eliseo Abeita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florencio Eguzki, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 87th minute, Epifanio Vitin made a precise shot to the right of Narciso Aballe. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-8. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Roman Tirso got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 94th minute Ubaldo Ibar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Narciso Aballe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Motu left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP.