U21 World League

Malvinas Argentinas
Spectators: 7738 (Terracing: 5805, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jesus Iruinea made the kick off which started today's match. Jesus Iruinea could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Damian Transito made a huge save. After 15 played minutes Tama got a freekick which was hit by Lorenzo Silvanito. In the 21st minute of the match Tama got a corner. Big Babousa's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Elvio Benitez ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, Tama's Lorenzo Silvanito got a free kick in the 25th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Salvador Lizer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Big Babousa's supporters rose to their feet, but Salvador Lizer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Patricio Gartxot breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Damian Transito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Senen in the 30th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute, Salvador Lizer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patricio Gartxot was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of Tama booed when Big Babousa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Melquiades Tohias didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alejo Leheren's late challenge caught a Big Babousa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alejo Leheren helped the player get up and apologised. In the 39th minute, Alejo Leheren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Big Babousa's Ricardo-Enrique Bochini got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 41st match minute, Tama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Melquiades Christobal to maneuver through the defense.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Salvador Lizer to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Tama's Jesus Iruinea got a free kick in the 51st minute. Damian Transito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hernan Olayo in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 58th minute Salvador Lizer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patricio Gartxot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Big Babousa booed when Tama was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valentin Senen didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 62 played minutes Big Babousa got a freekick which was hit by Salvador Lizer. Tama's Patricio Gartxot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Salvador Lizer in the 64th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ricardo-Enrique Bochini got free with Patricio Gartxot in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Valentin Senen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damian Transito was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Damian Transito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elvio Benitez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ricardo-Enrique Bochini could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Patricio Gartxot made a huge save. 82 minutes into the match, Big Babousa's goal looked a bit too open when Elvio Benitez came free, but Damian Transito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Damian Transito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benigno Frans, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Patricio Gartxot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salvador Lizer in the 85th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Melquiades Tohias managed to get in a good position for a shot. Big Babousa's supporters rose to their feet, but Melquiades Tohias was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Patricio Gartxot breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Elvio Benitez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The Tama supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Big Babousa's performance. The match ended with a win for Big Babousa.