U21 World League

Claudio D. Borghi
Spectators: 7421 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 65) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cameron Cardona took the kick off in the first half of the match. 7 minutes into the match, Cameron Cardona notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Argentinos Juniors's Pedro Bela. Pedro Bela was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Argentinos Juniors's Pedro Bela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olin Piper in the 11th minute of play. Gavino Roldan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Willie Cabrera made a huge save. After 14 minutes, Denny Kay made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Argentinos Juniors's Pedro Bela tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Stowe City's Olin Piper got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Olin Piper scored 0-4 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Bela, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 25 minutes of play, Stowe City's Cameron Cardona made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Bela was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pedro Bela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darell Frey, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Pedro Bela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olin Piper, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Darell Frey in the 37th minute of play forced Argentinos Juniors's goalkeeper Pedro Bela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute Darell Frey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Bela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Stowe City were leading 0-7. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gavino Roldan to strike the kick off in the second half. Pedro Bela didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Darell Frey went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. 0-9 became the score in the 58th minute when Cameron Cardona elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Pedro Bela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Darell Frey, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Argentinos Juniors's Pedro Bela proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Argentinos Juniors from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Stowe City's Cameron Cardona slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pedro Bela. That made the score 0-10 after 64 minutes of play. The Stowe City fans' excitement grew in the 67th match minute when Stowe City's Olin Piper looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-11 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Olin Piper could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Pedro Bela made a huge save. 0-12 became the score in the 79th minute when Olin Piper elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Olin Piper managed to get in a good position for a shot. Stowe City's supporters rose to their feet, but Olin Piper was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Bela breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pedro Bela made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Olin Piper sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Stowe City's Denny Kay got a free kick in the 84th minute. Segundo Lucado hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. A hard shot 91 in the game by Olin Piper from a close distance when the talented Pedro Bela managed to make a qualified save. Argentinos Juniors's players were relieved. Cameron Cardona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th play minute Denny Kay came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Pedro Bela. 0-13.