U18 World League

Carlos S. Bilardo
Spectators: 8010 (Terracing: 6009, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Guillermo Trama made the kick off which started today's match. Zacarias Aznar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elear Pedemonte, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 14th minute, Andolín Pumarino 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. In the 16th minute, Aureliano Fariña left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Altermundi FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. A collision led to 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Hugo Walme hit a great ball. Luciano Carretero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guillermo Trama in the 29th minute of play. Andolín Pumarino's late challenge caught a 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andolín Pumarino helped the player get up and apologised. Moises Txindoki hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Luciano Carretero made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Guillermo Trama sent off a good shot on target.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Andolín Pumarino to make the kick off. Luciano Carretero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santiago Flores, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. 2-1 became the score in the 57th minute when Santiago Flores elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 62 minutes into the match, Guillermo Trama had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luciano Carretero. Altermundi FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Guillermo Trama was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Zacarias Aznar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andolín Pumarino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Altermundi FC's Xacobo Valdovinos got his second yellow card of the match in the 67th minute. The referee ordered Xacobo Valdovinos off the ground. A collision led to Altermundi FC getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Xacobo Valdovinos hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elear Pedemonte got free with Zacarias Aznar in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Through an outstanding action, after 73 minutes, Zacarias Aznar successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The crowd rose to their feet as Elear Pedemonte kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zacarias Aznar. That made the score 3-2 in the 73 minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, Joel Hitz notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Altermundi FC's Luciano Carretero. Luciano Carretero was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 88 minutes into the game, Altermundi FC's Elear Pedemonte nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zacarias Aznar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-3. Zacarias Aznar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elear Pedemonte went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-4 was the resulting score. Altermundi FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.