U18 World League

Decathlon Arena
Spectators: 8514 (Terracing: 6386, Seating: 1958, VIP seats: 170) CON-E-CO's Luix Palomino started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 12th minute Christijan Oss shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Llin Venero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Stout showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zelipe Cariga, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. 22 minutes into the match, CON-E-CO's goal looked a bit too open when Christijan Oss came free, but Llin Venero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Decathlon Dudes's Meindert Lemmen managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Eriz Velazco in the 26 minute of the game. Decathlon Dudes's David Stout played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cordara Conde in the 28th minute of play. Christijan Oss received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Llin Venero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Merexildo Cebadilla lost his temper 31 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 31st minute, one of CON-E-CO:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for CON-E-CO. Christijan Oss shot the penalty kick right outside the post. After 34 played minutes CON-E-CO got a freekick which was hit by Oriche Galdamiz. After some careless play in the CON-E-CO defense, Christijan Oss kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Llin Venero. The CON-E-CO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Llin Venero should have stopped the shot. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Diderik Dirks to make the kick off. After 51 minutes of play, Decathlon Dudes's Christijan Oss made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Llin Venero was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Decathlon Dudes booed when CON-E-CO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luix Palomino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Llin Venero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harris Wijkstra in the 58th minute of play. A collision led to Decathlon Dudes getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Diderik Dirks hit a great ball. Decathlon Dudes's David Stout played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustau Godoy in the 62nd minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Gustau Godoy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of David Stout. Decathlon Dudes's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gustau Godoy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jochem Oosterbaan during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Jochem Oosterbaan hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Diderik Dirks recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match clock showed 73 minutes, the score became 4-1 when Christijan Oss sped through CON-E-CO's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Llin Venero. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Diderik Dirks in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Llin Venero saved CON-E-CO from getting behind. When Garin Cañizares fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CON-E-CO's protests and gave Garin Cañizares a yellow card for diving instead. In the 79th minute, Garin Cañizares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Decathlon Dudes booed when CON-E-CO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Garin Cañizares didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 82 minutes, Azibar Garzona mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CON-E-CO and the Decathlon Dudes players grew even worse after the yellow card. Garin Cañizares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. David Stout tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Marcel Jeuring managed to get in a good position for a shot. Decathlon Dudes's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcel Jeuring was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Llin Venero breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. CON-E-CO's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.