U18 World League

BARRIO LAS LILAS
Spectators: 6860 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alessio Ubriaco made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes of play, FC Mims's Alessio Ubriaco made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Narciso Aballe was left in no man's land by his defense there! FC Mims's Alberto Tomei proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save FC Mims from getting a goal against them. In the 14th minute LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP were awarded a corner. Florencio Eguzki went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anfilogino Pantano in the 18th minute of play forced LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goalkeeper Narciso Aballe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 20 played minutes FC Mims got a freekick which was hit by Carmine Pennetta. Narciso Aballe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Sciamanna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Alessio Ubriaco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Felice Di Biagio hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Bruno Ansoldi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Narciso Aballe having to interfere. LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Narciso Aballe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alessio Ubriaco in the 40th minute of play. Aldo Kemen's late challenge caught a FC Mims's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aldo Kemen helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Aldo Kemen got a free kick in the 42nd minute. 42 minutes into the match, FC Mims's Alessio Ubriaco broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After a rather tough play, LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's Aldo Kemen got a free kick in the 45th minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rigoberto Cordarrol to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's zone, Bruno Ansoldi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Narciso Aballe came out of the goal and Bruno Ansoldi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 67 minutes into the match, LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goal looked a bit too open when Anfilogino Pantano came free, but Narciso Aballe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When FC Mims's Alessio Ubriaco in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goalie prevented a goal. 71 minutes into the match, Rigoberto Cordarrol notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of FC Mims's Alberto Tomei. Alberto Tomei was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 74 played minutes FC Mims got a freekick which was hit by Alessio Ubriaco. Anfilogino Pantano charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anfilogino Pantano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 85 played minutes FC Mims got a freekick which was hit by Anfilogino Pantano. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anfilogino Pantano in the 88th minute of play forced LOS BICHOS AZULES MDP's goalkeeper Narciso Aballe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute, Bruno Ansoldi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Narciso Aballe. The goal made the score 2-2. Frank Sciamanna took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Narciso Aballe. Narciso Aballe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. FC Mims's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.