World League

Fernando Savino
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jairo Dantel kicked off to start the match. Tama's Mateo Medardo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Tama from getting a goal against them. Victorino Mogel struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Maximiliano Eliazar didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tama. Maximiliano Eliazar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felipe Mino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Paco Melo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kenya's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tiburcio Honrio was slow to take the kick. During this time Tama's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Tiburcio Honrio got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Maximiliano Eliazar quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Victorino Mogel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maximiliano Eliazar was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Felipe Mino sped through Kenya's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Maximiliano Eliazar. Paco Melo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Mateo Medardo firmly grabbed it by the left post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Felipe Mino in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maximiliano Eliazar saved Kenya from getting behind. Tama's Mateo Medardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paco Melo in the 37th minute of play. The supporters of Tama booed when Kenya was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Quentin Bien didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Victorino Mogel came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Tama fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Victorino Mogel couldn't finish the play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Felipe Mino to make the kick off. Mateo Medardo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doru Trăilă in the 55th minute of the match. Kenya's Maximiliano Eliazar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Mino in the 58th minute of play. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kenya's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tiburcio Honrio was slow to take the kick. During this time Tama's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Tama's corner Tiburcio Honrio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Maximiliano Eliazar quite easily take care of the ball. Kenya's Maximiliano Eliazar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Mino in the 63rd minute of play. Mateo Medardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doru Trăilă in the 64th minute of play. After 65 minutes, Paco Melo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kenya and the Tama players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Tama booed when Kenya was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paco Melo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tama made a substitution. Casimiro Valiente replaced Ovidio Fonda. Tama made a substitution. Simon Ferran replaced Suibhne Ghee. A collision led to Kenya getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Paco Melo hit a great ball. After 78 played minutes Kenya got a freekick which was hit by Jairo Dantel. In the 79th match minute, Kenya was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jairo Dantel to maneuver through the defense. Doru Trăilă received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Mateo Medardo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mateo Medardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jairo Dantel, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Kenya's Maximiliano Eliazar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save Kenya from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Felipe Mino in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maximiliano Eliazar saved Kenya from getting behind. Tama's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.