U23 World League

Santa Filomena MELI
Spectators: 8024 (Terracing: 6020, Seating: 1845, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ricardo Tab started the match with the kick off. Osvaldo Vergaray made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Mo sent off a good shot on target. In the 5th match minute, Club Deportivo Xpertin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Esteban Caron to maneuver through the defense. 9 minutes into the match, Club Deportivo Xpertin's goal looked a bit too open when Ricardo Tab came free, but Savier Arco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th minute Alexis Sánchez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osvaldo Vergaray saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Máximo Paetz in the 12th minute of play forced Falconara Albanese's goalkeeper Osvaldo Vergaray to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute, Fernando Gergori got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 19th match minute, Club Deportivo Xpertin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mo to maneuver through the defense. After 20 played minutes, Falconara Albanese's Raimundo Domingues shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Savier Arco came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Falconara Albanese reached it. In the 21st minute, Alexis Sánchez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Alexis Sánchez kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Osvaldo Vergaray. That made the score 1-0 in the 24 minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Falconara Albanese's goal looked a bit too open when Máximo Paetz came free, but Osvaldo Vergaray reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Gergori in the 32nd minute of play forced Club Deportivo Xpertin's goalkeeper Savier Arco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jacinto Sanson in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Savier Arco prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Esteban Caron made in the 37th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Hermenegildo Duarte. In the 38th match minute, Falconara Albanese was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ricardo Tab to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexis Sánchez in the 40th minute of play forced Falconara Albanese's goalkeeper Osvaldo Vergaray to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osvaldo Vergaray stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alexis Sánchez's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by Falconara Albanese's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alexis Sánchez was slow to take the kick. During this time Club Deportivo Xpertin's players had a chance to rest. Osvaldo Vergaray stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Máximo Paetz's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. In the 46th minute Club Deportivo Xpertin were awarded a corner. Alexis Sánchez went to the cornerflag to take it. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Máximo Paetz made the kick off in the second half. Osvaldo Vergaray made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Duardo Pascuala in the 52nd minute of play. Osvaldo Vergaray showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Máximo Paetz in the 56th minute of the match. Falconara Albanese's Osvaldo Vergaray played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mo in the 58th minute of play. Osvaldo Vergaray showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duardo Pascuala, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Fernando Gergori received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Savier Arco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Falconara Albanese's Marcos Tercero was substituted for Jacinto Sanson. Falconara Albanese made a substitution. Gavino Quintun replaced Miguel Lehoi. Falconara Albanese's Ruperto Raulo was substituted for Astor Curcio. Savier Arco was a little too slow when Ricardo Tab got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 68th minute. The score was now 2-1. Falconara Albanese's Osvaldo Vergaray played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mo in the 71st minute of play. 75 minutes into the game, Ricardo Tab recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Savier Arco. Ricardo Tab showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. Savier Arco made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ricardo Tab in the 78th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Alexis Sánchez notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Falconara Albanese's Osvaldo Vergaray. Osvaldo Vergaray was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 90 minutes into the match, Marcos Tercero notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Club Deportivo Xpertin's Savier Arco. Savier Arco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Club Deportivo Xpertin's Savier Arco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Tercero in the 94th minute of play. 95 minutes had been played when some careless play by Club Deportivo Xpertin's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Raimundo Domingues was slow to take the kick. During this time Falconara Albanese's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Falconara Albanese's corner Raimundo Domingues fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Savier Arco quite easily take care of the ball. Club Deportivo Xpertin were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.