U21 World League

Polenta Stadium
Spectators: 8700 (Terracing: 6525, Seating: 2001, VIP seats: 174) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christian Borgatello kicked off to start the match. A collision led to ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Narciso Jacindo hit a great ball. Bon Scott received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Lin Shi Qing tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 8 minutes into the game, Frank Di Toma threw the ball into play from the sideline. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Gringo Heinze quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Fabricio Tuste's late challenge caught a AC Collins's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabricio Tuste helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of AC Collins booed when ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabricio Tuste didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 12th minute Christian Borgatello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergio Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christian Borgatello got free with Sergio Romero in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Collins's goalkeeper Lin Shi Qing, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Silvestre Evangelista's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lin Shi Qing read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zygmunt Pisarczyk in the 18th minute of play forced ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s goalkeeper Sergio Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 20 played minutes ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ got a freekick which was hit by Fabricio Tuste. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Fermin Gau was substituted for Severo Baladi. Fabricio Tuste hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Sergio Romero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Borgatello in the 22nd minute of play. After 24 minutes, Silvestre Evangelista mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ and the AC Collins players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 24th match minute, ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silvestre Evangelista to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Christian Borgatello's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sergio Romero was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Sergio Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Borgatello in the 31st minute of the match. During the 33rd minute of the match Silvestre Evangelista completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Silvestre Evangelista a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 33rd match minute, ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silvestre Evangelista to maneuver through the defense. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Sergio Romero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ from getting a goal against them. 38 minutes into the match, Zygmunt Pisarczyk dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Sergio Romero, 1-0. In the 41st minute Christian Borgatello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergio Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 45th match minute, AC Collins was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexander Di Persio to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bon Scott to make the kick off. 55 minutes into the game, AC Collins's Alexander Di Persio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sergio Romero made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. AC Collins's Edinho do Nascimento was substituted for Christian Borgatello. Lin Shi Qing made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Eusébio Da Silva sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edinho do Nascimento in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sergio Romero saved ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ from getting behind. ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫'s Sergio Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edinho do Nascimento in the 72nd minute of play. Lin Shi Qing showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusébio Da Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Fetih Ulaş tried in the 75th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Lin Shi Qing a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 2-1. The supporters of AC Collins booed when ♫ Highway To Hell ❼❾ ♫ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eusébio Da Silva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sergio Romero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexander Di Persio in the 83rd minute of play. Sergio Romero came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by AC Collins's Alexander Di Persio. But to his dismay, Alexander Di Persio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. After 92 minutes of play, AC Collins's Edinho do Nascimento made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sergio Romero was left in no man's land by his defense there!