U18 World League

Monumental EME.TE
Spectators: 7546 (Terracing: 5661, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Orson Eglington got the match started through his kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as O rey Iván's Arnulfo Palben slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Nicky Askew. That made the score 1-0 after 5 minutes of play. 12 minutes into the match, Amador Aragones dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nicky Askew, 2-0. Alejandro Perico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Nicky Askew tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Arnulfo Palben kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nicky Askew. That made the score 3-0 in the 20 minute of play. Arnulfo Palben blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nicky Askew having to make a save. After some careless play in the O rey Iván defense, Karl Rowell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ramiro Romelio. The O rey Iván fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ramiro Romelio should have stopped the shot. In the 29th minute, Amador Aragones 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. Karl Rowell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ramiro Romelio having to interfere. Arnulfo Palben scored 4-1 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nicky Askew, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC ARK CS's goalkeeper Nicky Askew, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Arnulfo Palben sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Amador Aragones was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd match minute, FC ARK CS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Orson Eglington to maneuver through the defense. 55 minutes into the match, Arnulfo Palben notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of FC ARK CS's Nicky Askew. Nicky Askew was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 59 minutes into the match, FC ARK CS's goal looked a bit too open when Arnulfo Palben came free, but Nicky Askew reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC ARK CS's Nicky Askew played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arnulfo Palben in the 63rd minute of play. O rey Iván's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Horacio Txaran in the 64th minute. After 68 played minutes O rey Iván got a freekick which was hit by Horacio Txaran. When Orson Eglington came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the FC ARK CS 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 Orson Eglington couldn't finish the play. 77 minutes into the match, Arnulfo Palben had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nicky Askew. FC ARK CS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arnulfo Palben was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. In the 80th minute, Amador Aragones ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicky Askew was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-1. Arnulfo Palben received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Nicky Askew tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nicky Askew made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnulfo Palben in the 87th minute of play. FC ARK CS's Nicky Askew played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arnulfo Palben in the 89th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, FC ARK CS's goal looked a bit too open when Arnulfo Palben came free, but Nicky Askew reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Karl Rowell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Ramiro Romelio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. O rey Iván fully deserved thier win.