U18 World League

Dionisio Fernanco
Spectators: 8092 (Terracing: 6070, Seating: 1861, VIP seats: 161) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gavino Fagondo took the kick off in the first half of the match. With his leg Casimiro Bartuelo managed to avoid a goal in the 24thth minute, when Sportivo Ben Hur's Gavino Fagondo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Tadeo Rutenio kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Sportivo Ben Hur's Abelardo Cristofor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Mingo in the 31st minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ariel Florin in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Abelardo Cristofor saved Sportivo Ben Hur from getting behind. After having played for 38 minutes, Jimeno Lizbeth managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sportivo Ben Hur's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jimeno Lizbeth was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. PINGO PINGO's Casimiro Bartuelo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save PINGO PINGO from getting a goal against them. Ariel Florin struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Abelardo Cristofor didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for PINGO PINGO. A collision led to Sportivo Ben Hur getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Jonatan Evis hit a great ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ariel Florin to make the kick off. After taking down the ball on Sportivo Ben Hur's corner Claudio Mark fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Casimiro Bartuelo quite easily take care of the ball. In the 59th match minute, Sportivo Ben Hur was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marciano Maxin to maneuver through the defense. Alejandro Igon hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Casimiro Bartuelo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marciano Maxin in the 65th minute of the match. In the 67th minute, Daniel Mingo 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. When the match clock showed 70 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Jimeno Lizbeth sped through PINGO PINGO's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Casimiro Bartuelo. Gavino Fagondo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Casimiro Bartuelo having to make a save. Gavino Fagondo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Casimiro Bartuelo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Sportivo Ben Hur players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.