U18 World League

Estadio Lionel Messi
Spectators: 7581 (Terracing: 5686, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Maximiliano Barros started the match with the kick off. 8 minutes into the match, Cugat Abecia notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Al-Femur FC's Delmiro Marcones. Delmiro Marcones was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 13th match minute, El Pulpo Paceño was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Prejun Abendano to maneuver through the defense. El Pulpo Paceño's Michel Abecia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Machado in the 16th minute of play. In the 17th minute Ricardo Machado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michel Abecia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Ezequiel Fiz fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Al-Femur FC's protests and gave Ezequiel Fiz a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of El Pulpo Paceño booed when Al-Femur FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ezequiel Fiz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Erroman Abeita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Al-Femur FC's Delmiro Marcones played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xuoco Abellaneda in the 22nd minute of play. Txurio Abecia hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. After 27 minutes of play, Al-Femur FC's Placido Xabel made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michel Abecia was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind El Pulpo Paceño's goalkeeper Michel Abecia, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Michel Abecia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Maximiliano Barros went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Txurio Abecia to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Cugat Abecia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Delmiro Marcones saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Txurio Abecia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Delmiro Marcones tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Higinio Danel charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Higinio Danel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 59th match minute, Al-Femur FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Higinio Danel to maneuver through the defense. Al-Femur FC's Higinio Danel got his second yellow card of the match in the 64th minute. The referee ordered Higinio Danel off the ground. In the 65th match minute, Al-Femur FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Higinio Danel to maneuver through the defense. 66 minutes into the match, El Pulpo Paceño's Txurio Abecia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Delmiro Marcones narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Al-Femur FC booed when El Pulpo Paceño was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mogel Abella didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Ricardo Machado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Michel Abecia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ezequiel Fiz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Txurio Abecia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Delmiro Marcones having to interfere. Ricardo Machado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michel Abecia having to interfere. In the 92nd minute Ricardo Machado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michel Abecia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the referee ended the match the Al-Femur FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.