U21 World League

La Bombonera
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Lucas Langoni started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Roque James sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 16 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Roque James sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Teodoro Rameriz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Teodoro Rameriz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque James in the 19th minute of the match. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by C.A.C. 10's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Manuel Iban was slow to take the kick. During this time ..Villa Rugby Club..'s players had a chance to rest. Efrain Panfilo hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Teodoro Rameriz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Roque James went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Lucas Langoni sped through C.A.C. 10's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Teodoro Rameriz. Roque James might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Teodoro Rameriz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roque James ran back to his position shaking his head. Roque James fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Teodoro Rameriz having to interfere. The supporters of ..Villa Rugby Club.. booed when C.A.C. 10 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jimeno Malvin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Lucas Langoni managed to get in a good position for a shot. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s supporters rose to their feet, but Lucas Langoni was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Teodoro Rameriz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to ..Villa Rugby Club.. getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Baldomiro Selmo hit a great ball. In the 43rd minute of the match, Amancio Virila tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Rene Higuita saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After some careless play in the C.A.C. 10 defense, Roque James kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Teodoro Rameriz. The C.A.C. 10 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Teodoro Rameriz should have stopped the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Angelino Abancens was the one to do the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roque James in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Teodoro Rameriz saved C.A.C. 10 from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Roque James's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Teodoro Rameriz was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Teodoro Rameriz was a little too slow when Mario Urti got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 59th minute. The score was now 0-5. Teodoro Rameriz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucas Langoni in the 66th minute of the match. In the 67th minute, Augusto Udalaitz 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. If Roque James had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Angelino Abancens's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rene Higuita read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. Roque James was extremely unlucky when he, in the 74th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Lucas Langoni who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 77thth minute tested the skills of Teodoro Rameriz when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Roque James sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rene Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angelino Abancens, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Teodoro Rameriz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucas Langoni, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute.