U23 World League

El Cielito
Spectators: 7475 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 120) After 7 minutes, Waldemar Frank mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Hollywood and the Santos de Buenos Aires FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Feliciano Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Helmut Berrisch in the 18th minute of play. A collision led to Santos de Buenos Aires FC getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Viktor Lalkovič hit a great ball. Santos de Buenos Aires FC's Feliciano Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Helmut Berrisch in the 24th minute of play. Viktor Lalkovič hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, FC Hollywood's Volker Diel got a free kick in the 34th minute. In the 36th minute Anibal Xabier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sven-Christian Ulrich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40thth minute of the game Jan Schulz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Santos de Buenos Aires FC's Feliciano Ayala was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 41 played minutes Santos de Buenos Aires FC got a freekick which was hit by Eulalio Chucho. After 42 played minutes, FC Hollywood's Bernd Reffelmann shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Feliciano Ayala came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Hollywood reached it. After some careless play in the Santos de Buenos Aires FC defense, Helmut Berrisch kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Feliciano Ayala. The Santos de Buenos Aires FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Feliciano Ayala should have stopped the shot. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Helmut Berrisch to make the kick off. Feliciano Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Helmut Berrisch in the 53rd minute of play. In the 58th minute, Hannes Welser hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eriberto Bazkoare in the 61st minute of play forced FC Hollywood's goalkeeper Sven-Christian Ulrich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viktor Lalkovič in the 62nd minute of play forced FC Hollywood's goalkeeper Sven-Christian Ulrich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sven-Christian Ulrich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anibal Xabier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jan Schulz who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 67thth minute tested the skills of Feliciano Ayala when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 68th minute, Eriberto Bazkoare ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sven-Christian Ulrich was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Santos de Buenos Aires FC made a substitution. Godofredo Rioja replaced Anibal Xabier. Viktor Lalkovič sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 77th minute Godofredo Rioja shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sven-Christian Ulrich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Volker Diel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Viktor Lalkovič charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Viktor Lalkovič the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Hannes Welser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Feliciano Ayala having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Santos de Buenos Aires FC's Daniel Zabala got a free kick in the 94th minute. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.