U18 World League

Barrilete Cósmico
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Joel Hernandez started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ booed when ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alan Tetley didn't get a good kick on the ball. Howard Walters's late challenge caught a ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Howard Walters helped the player get up and apologised. Pete Mansell made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Baltasar Baladi sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Allan Merrill in the 16th minute of play forced ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s goalkeeper Gaudencio Lleir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ booed when ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Howard Walters didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought it was a sure goal in the 19th minute, when ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Evelio Olo after having done a great run through the defense got himself free with Pete Mansell in ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ's goal and fired away a shot, but it missed the goal by a fraction of an inch. After 21 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ! When the match had been going on for 22 minutes, ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Evelio Olo got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Pete Mansell. The audience was convinced that Joel Hernandez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pete Mansell was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Chesney Bastow managed to get in a good position for a shot. ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ's supporters rose to their feet, but Chesney Bastow was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gaudencio Lleir breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 30th minute, Joel Hernandez reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pete Mansell. The goal made the score 2-0. 34 minutes into the match, Joel Hernandez notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ's Pete Mansell. Pete Mansell was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gaudencio Lleir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chesney Bastow, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alan Tetley charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alan Tetley the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Alan Tetley hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Pete Mansell came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Ruperto Sanduru. But to his dismay, Ruperto Sanduru quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Errando in the 48th minute of play forced ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ's goalkeeper Pete Mansell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Chesney Bastow was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Ritchie Wrigley fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The supporters of ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ booed when ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Baltasar Baladi didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniel Errando in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pete Mansell saved ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ from getting behind. A long shot from Howard Walters in the 64th minute of play was well struck, but Gaudencio Lleir made a really good save at the right post. After 69 played minutes ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ got a freekick which was hit by Chesney Bastow. After 72 played minutes ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ got a freekick which was hit by Blas Lorenz. Gaudencio Lleir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Allan Merrill in the 78th minute of play. A collision led to ᗩᑎᗩᕼᗴᎥᗰ ᗪᑌᑕᛕᔕ getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Chesney Bastow hit a great ball. Pete Mansell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baltasar Baladi in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th minute, Daniel Errando left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0.