U23 World League

Est. Matador Salas
Spectators: 7655 (Terracing: 5743, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Guido Durand took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Guido Durand notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Free Pot's Cosme Cheche. Cosme Cheche was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Guido Durand in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cosme Cheche prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Free Pot's defense didn't have a chance, in the 11th minute, when Guido Durand scored to the left of an out of position Cosme Cheche, making the score, 3-0. After some careless play in the Free Pot defense, Guido Durand kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cosme Cheche. The Free Pot fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cosme Cheche should have stopped the shot. After 20th play minutes Guido Durand shot 5-0, a short shot which went by Cosme Cheche and just under the crossbar into goal. Kilian Mbappè received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Cosme Cheche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Salamón Ormeño hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Guido Durand could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Cosme Cheche made a huge save. Guido Durand let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 32nd minute shot 6-0 at rihgt post. If Bob Bongo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 37 minutes into the game, Mariano Hegoi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Free Pot's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ballet Azul the free kick. Cosme Cheche didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Ballet Azul's Guido Durand shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 7-0 in the ordered_time% minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Federico Rey during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Ballet Azul booed when Free Pot was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Federico Rey didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kilian Mbappè fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cosme Cheche having to interfere. Cosme Cheche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adelio Palau, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bob Bongo to make the kick off. Armando Finocchi charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Armando Finocchi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Free Pot's Armando Finocchi got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the 55th minute of the match Danilo Quiroga sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cosme Cheche skillfully saved the ball. Federico Rey was shown his second yellow card after 61 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 61st match minute, Free Pot was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Federico Rey to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd minute, Salamón Ormeño left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ballet Azul fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. After 66th play minutes Guido Durand shot 9-0, a short shot which went by Cosme Cheche and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 69th minute Anacleto Jory shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cosme Cheche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anacleto Jory sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salamón Ormeño in the 77th minute of play forced Free Pot's goalkeeper Cosme Cheche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cosme Cheche came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Ballet Azul's Kilian Mbappè. But to his dismay, Kilian Mbappè quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 11-0. Cosme Cheche stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Guido Durand's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. Pau Barasarte received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Cosme Cheche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Free Pot's zone, Adelio Palau stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cosme Cheche came out of the goal and Adelio Palau tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.