U23 World League

Liberty Stadium
Spectators: 7451 (Terracing: 5590, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Angel Gora kicked off to start the match. Mendoza Joseph's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 3rdth minute, Arturo Cordera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The supporters of FC Philotimo booed when La Pantera Azulgrana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cecilio Pasqual didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arturo Cordera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgar Tscherner in the 9th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Edgar Tscherner's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arturo Cordera was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Hurtado Espejo scored 1-0 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arturo Cordera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Arturo Cordera came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Philotimo's Hurtado Espejo. But to his dismay, Hurtado Espejo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. With a little luck, La Pantera Azulgrana's Arturo Cordera got control of the ball when Mendoza Joseph tried to sneak it across the goal line. La Pantera Azulgrana's defense didn't have a chance, in the 19th minute, when Edgar Tscherner scored to the left of an out of position Arturo Cordera, making the score, 3-0. In the 25th minute, FC Philotimo's Yago Xavalera dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgar Tscherner in the 29th minute of play forced La Pantera Azulgrana's goalkeeper Arturo Cordera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gavica Enderica made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Urki in the 31st minute of play. Arturo Cordera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgar Tscherner in the 32nd minute of play. La Pantera Azulgrana's Arturo Cordera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save La Pantera Azulgrana from getting a goal against them. With his leg Arturo Cordera managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when FC Philotimo's Mendoza Joseph fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Mendoza Joseph received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Arturo Cordera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 41st minute, Edgar Tscherner left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Philotimo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. La Pantera Azulgrana's defense didn't have a chance, in the 44th minute, when Mendoza Joseph scored to the left of an out of position Arturo Cordera, making the score, 6-0. 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.

Arturo Cordera came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by FC Philotimo's Edgar Tscherner. But to his dismay, Edgar Tscherner quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. After a rather tough play, FC Philotimo's Hurtado Espejo got a free kick in the 60th minute. Edgar Tscherner fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arturo Cordera having to interfere. After some careless play in the La Pantera Azulgrana defense, Edgar Tscherner kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arturo Cordera. The La Pantera Azulgrana fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arturo Cordera should have stopped the shot. In the 70th minute Edgar Tscherner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arturo Cordera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 73rd minute of the match Urbez Foronda sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Arturo Cordera skillfully saved the ball. Marcelino Herena made in the 75th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FC Philotimo's Hurtado Espejo. 9-0 became the score in the 76th minute when Edgar Tscherner elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Edgar Tscherner took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Arturo Cordera. Arturo Cordera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 10-0. Hurtado Espejo charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hurtado Espejo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, FC Philotimo's Hurtado Espejo got a free kick in the 91st minute. When the referee ended the match the FC Philotimo players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.