U21 World League

Diego A. Maradona
Spectators: 7692 (Terracing: 5770, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Martin Palermo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Cordaro Ramis charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cordaro Ramis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Cordaro Ramis hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Cordaro Ramis kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. With his leg Tome Campoamor managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when LTA FC's Martin Palermo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Amado Morcego during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. If Ivan Bernad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, VILLARREAL UNITED's Cresitobalo Cortes got a free kick in the 32nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Martin Palermo got free with Tome Campoamor in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

After a rather tough play, VILLARREAL UNITED's Cresitobalo Cortes got a free kick in the 56th minute. Tome Campoamor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Bernad, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. After 65 minutes VILLARREAL UNITED's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gonzalo Txema who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on LTA FC's corner Gonzalo Txema fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tome Campoamor quite easily take care of the ball. After 66 minutes, Federico Tevez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the LTA FC and the VILLARREAL UNITED players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 66th minute, Federico Tevez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Federico Tevez hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Arsenio Maiorga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Varela, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Arsenio Erico might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tome Campoamor. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arsenio Erico ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 80th minute Tsubasa Ozora shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arsenio Maiorga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Martin Palermo kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. In the 85th minute, Virgilio Oton left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LTA FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Arsenio Maiorga was a little too slow when Cordaro Ramis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 88th minute. The score was now 1-1. 92 minutes into the match, VILLARREAL UNITED's goal looked a bit too open when Virgilio Oton came free, but Tome Campoamor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. LTA FC were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.