U23 World League

Rey de Copas
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) La Mandarina Mecánica's Leobardo Abajas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ booed when La Mandarina Mecánica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Miguel Melgar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Telo Abalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Basilio Calvino in the 6th minute of play. In the 9th minute, Esteban Leizarraga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of La Mandarina Mecánica booed when C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulo Argi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Silvio Benino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leobardo Abajas in the 16th minute of the match. When Tiburcio Odon came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tiburcio Odon couldn't finish the play. C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's Basilio Calvino got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 39 minutes into the match, C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Lesardo Abello came free, but Silvio Benino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eugenio Peio got free with Telo Abalos in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Basilio Calvino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Telo Abalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Basilio Calvino in the 52nd minute of the match. A collision led to C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Eugenio Peio hit a great ball. Basilio Calvino scored 2-0 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Telo Abalos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Silvio Benino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jose Miguel Melgar in the 72nd minute of play. Telo Abalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnoldo Garin in the 75th minute of the match. La Mandarina Mecánica's Telo Abalos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Basilio Calvino in the 76th minute of play. After 78 minutes La Mandarina Mecánica's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tiburcio Odon who took care of the corner kick. When the match clock showed 79 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Eugenio Peio sped through La Mandarina Mecánica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Telo Abalos. Paulo Argi's late challenge caught a La Mandarina Mecánica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paulo Argi helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's Paulo Argi got a free kick in the 83rd minute. After 86 played minutes C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ got a freekick which was hit by Basilio Calvino. The supporters of La Mandarina Mecánica booed when C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eleuterio Micael didn't get a good kick on the ball. La Mandarina Mecánica's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.