U18 World League

Monumental Iriza
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lisandro Guter made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 played minutes Coupon Busters II AR got a freekick which was hit by Laureano Colas. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Justo Lesardo during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 5th minute, Justo Lesardo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 7 minutes into the match, Coupon Busters II AR's Fernando Ugutz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aquiles Erruki narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 12th minute, INTER de Córdoba's Ciriaco Gaitano ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Artemio Edwardo. Artemio Edwardo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 15 minutes into the game, Lisandro Guter cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Artemio Edwardo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Artemio Edwardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lisandro Guter in the 20th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Coupon Busters II AR's Laureano Colas got a free kick in the 21st minute. After 29 played minutes INTER de Córdoba got a freekick which was hit by Laureano Acevedo. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ciriaco Gaitano during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 42nd match minute, Coupon Busters II AR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladimiro Garin to maneuver through the defense. After 47 minutes, Lorenzo Llorienzo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the INTER de Córdoba and the Coupon Busters II AR players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to INTER de Córdoba getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Lorenzo Llorienzo hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimiro Garin in the 48th minute of play forced INTER de Córdoba's goalkeeper Aquiles Erruki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cesar Bikendi made a kick off. When the match had gone on for 57 minutes, Cesar Bikendi took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Aquiles Erruki to make any attempt to save it. Coupon Busters II AR's Artemio Edwardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Emmanuel in the 63rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, INTER de Córdoba's Ciriaco Gaitano got a free kick in the 64th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Laureano Acevedo during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 69 played minutes INTER de Córdoba got a freekick which was hit by Laureano Acevedo. Aquiles Erruki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Quexal, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Felipe Emmanuel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artemio Edwardo having to interfere. A collision led to Coupon Busters II AR getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Angel Chabier hit a great ball. After 81 played minutes, INTER de Córdoba's Desiderio Ladio shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Artemio Edwardo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in INTER de Córdoba reached it. 86 minutes into the game, Coupon Busters II AR's Cesar Bikendi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aquiles Erruki made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Aquiles Erruki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesar Bikendi in the 94th minute of the match. Fernando Quexal struck a weak shot in the 96th minute. Aquiles Erruki didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Coupon Busters II AR. The Coupon Busters II AR players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented INTER de Córdoba from taking control. The game ends in a draw.