U18 World League

Gigante de Alberdi
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nelsinho Mendes made the kick off which started today's match. When the match clock showed 4 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta sped through SRP-Laguna's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nuno Azevedo. In the 8th minute, Feliberto Manilan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 30th minute, Rubens Brasil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32nd minute, Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nuno Azevedo. The goal made the score 2-0. After 41 played minutes Belgrano LOS PIRATAS got a freekick which was hit by Venancio Cilio. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Donato Arantes managed to get in a good position for a shot. SRP-Laguna's supporters rose to their feet, but Donato Arantes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Damián Martínez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alejo Elizardo's late challenge caught a SRP-Laguna's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alejo Elizardo helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Belgrano LOS PIRATAS getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Alejo Elizardo hit a great ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta to strike the kick off in the second half. A sloppy throw-in by Pedrão Arce in the 52nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Feliberto Manilan. The audience was convinced that Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nuno Azevedo was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. After 58 minutes of play, Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Alejo Elizardo made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nuno Azevedo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 61 minutes into the game, Feliberto Manilan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SRP-Laguna the free kick. A collision led to Belgrano LOS PIRATAS getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Feliberto Manilan hit a great ball. After 66 minutes, Cipriano Darien mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Belgrano LOS PIRATAS and the SRP-Laguna players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alejo Elizardo hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejo Elizardo in the 74th minute of play forced SRP-Laguna's goalkeeper Nuno Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedrão Arce's late challenge caught a Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pedrão Arce helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Belgrano LOS PIRATAS getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta hit a great ball. When Cipriano Darien was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 91 minutes had been played. A collision led to Belgrano LOS PIRATAS getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Cipriano Darien hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Silverio Froylan during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 96th match minute, Belgrano LOS PIRATAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silverio Froylan to maneuver through the defense. For all the effort they put into the match, the SRP-Laguna players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Belgrano LOS PIRATAS.