U21 World League

Estadio Nagano
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Gonzales Nebot started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 8th minute, NAGANO F.C's Jaime Roig ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Anier Balendin. Anier Balendin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. A collision led to NAGANO F.C getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Saritama Vicente hit a great ball. In the 21st minute, Lucjan Jaroszewicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anier Balendin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saritama Vicente in the 22nd minute of play. After 25 minutes of play, BAC Belgrano de Cba's Braulio Peru made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ubaldo Elguero was left in no man's land by his defense there! Saritama Vicente sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 29 played minutes NAGANO F.C got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Valderrama. Florencio Librado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Ubaldo Elguero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Diego Terme hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. NAGANO F.C's Ubaldo Elguero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Braulio Peru in the 45th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Braulio Peru to make the kick off. The supporters of NAGANO F.C booed when BAC Belgrano de Cba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ubaldo Cordarell didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anier Balendin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gonzales Nebot, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Lucio Ihintza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Ubaldo Elguero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of NAGANO F.C booed when BAC Belgrano de Cba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alberto Abalos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the game's 57th minute NAGANO F.C's Saritama Vicente took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Anier Balendin and thus the score was 2-1. After having played for 62 minutes, Gonzales Nebot managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. NAGANO F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gonzales Nebot was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Saritama Vicente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Anier Balendin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lucio Ihintza's late challenge caught a NAGANO F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lucio Ihintza helped the player get up and apologised. In the 74th match minute, BAC Belgrano de Cba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lucio Ihintza to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Jaime Roig managed to get in a good position for a shot. NAGANO F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Jaime Roig was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anier Balendin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nando Lazcano in the 83rd minute of play forced BAC Belgrano de Cba's goalkeeper Anier Balendin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Braulio Perus short, quick shot in the 92ndth minute got Ubaldo Elguero to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The NAGANO F.C support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.