U21 World League

Juan Domíngo Peron
Spectators: 7344 (Terracing: 5844, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Su Yuan Yu got the match started through his kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cesar Cordairo during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Real Racing Club's Cesar Cordairo got a free kick in the 19th minute. In the 20th minute Aureliusz Basinski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gao Fei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gao Fei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aureliusz Basinski in the 20th minute of the match. Gao Fei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slawomir Gniech in the 22nd minute of play. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by Real Racing Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Haluk Özdil was slow to take the kick. During this time Mitschullen SSA's players had a chance to rest. After some careless play in the Mitschullen SSA defense, Su Yuan Yu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wlodzimierz Skonieczny. The Mitschullen SSA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wlodzimierz Skonieczny should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Mitschullen SSA getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Patryk Lichucki hit a great ball. Gao Fei stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Haluk Özdil's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. If Su Yuan Yu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute, Feliks Bugajski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 47th minute Su Yuan Yu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wlodzimierz Skonieczny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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 Aureliusz Basinski to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliusz Basinski in the 51st minute of play forced Real Racing Club's goalkeeper Gao Fei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th match minute, Real Racing Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celso Maldonado to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aureliusz Basinski got free with Gao Fei in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With an all-out effort, Mitschullen SSA's Gao Fei threw himself towards the right post 72 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Slawomir Gniech, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 75 minutes into the match, Mitschullen SSA's goal looked a bit too open when Su Yuan Yu came free, but Wlodzimierz Skonieczny reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 78th match minute, Mitschullen SSA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patryk Lichucki to maneuver through the defense. Wlodzimierz Skonieczny showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Su Yuan Yu, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 82nd minute of the match Real Racing Club got a corner. Mitschullen SSA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Marin Luican ran over to the corner to take the kick. Patryk Lichucki kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.