U23 World League

Ciudadela Tucumana
Spectators: 7668 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) Reinaldo Briceño made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of AFC Viola Gigliati booed when Mazaredo AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adan Igon didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 11th minute, Santio Marco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mazaredo AFC's Manuel Giro shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 12th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Ralondo Barboa but with some difficulty. After some careless play in the Mazaredo AFC defense, Reinaldo Briceño kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Delmiro Ferrando. The Mazaredo AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Delmiro Ferrando should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Mazaredo AFC defense, Reinaldo Briceño kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Delmiro Ferrando. The Mazaredo AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Delmiro Ferrando should have stopped the shot. In the 20th minute, Lucas Gaur hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 23 minutes, Salvador Beltxe managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mazaredo AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Salvador Beltxe was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tino Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Ralondo Barboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Salvador Beltxe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ralondo Barboa having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Reinaldo Briceño in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Delmiro Ferrando saved Mazaredo AFC from getting behind. In the 34th minute, Sebastián Méndez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Mazaredo AFC getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Arnoldo Toribio hit a great ball. 41 minutes into the match, Samuel Horduña had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Delmiro Ferrando. Mazaredo AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Samuel Horduña was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Ralondo Barboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salvador Beltxe in the 44th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Salvador Beltxe to make the kick off. A collision led to Mazaredo AFC getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Adan Igon hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Rolado Rosell managed to get in a good position for a shot. AFC Viola Gigliati's supporters rose to their feet, but Rolado Rosell was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Delmiro Ferrando breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Reinaldo Briceño took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Delmiro Ferrando. Delmiro Ferrando dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. The crowd rose to their feet as Reinaldo Briceño kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Delmiro Ferrando. That made the score 0-6 in the 68 minute of play. In the 71st minute Reinaldo Briceño shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Delmiro Ferrando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Mazaredo AFC getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Primitivo Fernendo hit a great ball. With a little luck, Mazaredo AFC's Delmiro Ferrando got control of the ball when Samuel Horduña tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Reinaldo Briceño got free with Delmiro Ferrando in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to AFC Viola Gigliati getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Etxahun Domao hit a great ball. After 82 played minutes Manuel Giro shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for AFC Viola Gigliati's Ralondo Barboa to catch but Manuel Giro was lucky. It became 1-6 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. In the 85thth minute of the game Salvador Beltxe who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AFC Viola Gigliati's Ralondo Barboa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ralondo Barboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Salvador Beltxe in the 89th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaldo Briceño in the 91st minute of play forced Mazaredo AFC's goalkeeper Delmiro Ferrando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The AFC Viola Gigliati supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing AFC Viola Gigliati would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.