U18 World League

Arena Das Naciones
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Petrigai Abar started the match with the kick off. Julio Tolaba scored 0-1 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benicio Gaitan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zaquiel Abadie hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Benicio Gaitan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zaquiel Abadie, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Benicio Gaitan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julio Tolaba, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Benicio Gaitan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petrigai Abar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benicio Gaitan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petrigai Abar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benicio Gaitan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Petrigai Abar, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Tadeo Abilio's late challenge caught a El Pulpo Paceño's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tadeo Abilio helped the player get up and apologised. 33 minutes into the game, El Pulpo Paceño's Julio Tolaba nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benicio Gaitan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. 41 minutes into the game, Julio Tolaba cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Benicio Gaitan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Petrigai Abar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 47 played minutes Catarinense F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Romeo Osorio. In the 48th minute of the match Cugat Abecia shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benicio Gaitan showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Zxavian Abeitia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sixto Quintyn in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 59th minute, El Pulpo Paceño's Petrigai Abar dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. Petrigai Abar received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Benicio Gaitan came out and tried to block the shot, but Petrigai Abar slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 62nd minute. Petrigai Abar received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Benicio Gaitan came out and tried to block the shot, but Petrigai Abar slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 67th minute. Samuel Tadzio charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Samuel Tadzio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of El Pulpo Paceño booed when Catarinense F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Samuel Tadzio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Benicio Gaitan was out of position in the 76 minute of play, and Xuoco Abellaneda capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Xuoco Abellaneda really showed his touch with that goal: 0-8. Xuoco Abellaneda charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xuoco Abellaneda the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 83 played minutes El Pulpo Paceño got a freekick which was hit by Xuoco Abellaneda. Benicio Gaitan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petrigai Abar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Catarinense F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 90th minute, when Petrigai Abar scored to the left of an out of position Benicio Gaitan, making the score, 0-10. Benicio Gaitan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xuoco Abellaneda in the 96th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded El Pulpo Paceño left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Catarinense F.C..