U23 World League

Monumental Maquinola
Spectators: 7756 (Terracing: 5819, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's Teofilo Quintyn 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. After 7 minutes, Teofilo Quintyn made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Depor Alex Return's Cirilo Peyo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's Zeledon Markel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA from getting a goal against them. A hard shot 11 in the game by Justino Chucho from a close distance when the talented Zeledon Markel managed to make a qualified save. C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's players were relieved. With his leg Zeledon Markel managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when Depor Alex Return's Justino Chucho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to Depor Alex Return getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Justino Chucho hit a great ball. Justino Chucho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Zeledon Markel made a huge save. Zeledon Markel was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Justino Chucho showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 24 minute of play. Cirilo Peyo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teofilo Quintyn in the 30th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, Justino Chucho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zeledon Markel. C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Justino Chucho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. The supporters of Depor Alex Return booed when C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Otto Colin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Inocencio Urritz made in the 36th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Lázaro Eyague. Justino Chucho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zeledon Markel having to make a save. Cirilo Peyo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teofilo Quintyn in the 41st minute of play. Juan Ignacio Cianci hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Depor Alex Return's Cirilo Peyo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teofilo Quintyn in the 46th minute of play. After 47 minutes Depor Alex Return's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lázaro Eyague who took care of the corner kick. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Justino Chucho was the one to do the kick off. Doriva Pimenta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zeledon Markel having to make a save. After 55 played minutes Depor Alex Return got a freekick which was hit by Justino Chucho. If Justino Chucho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Justino Chucho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Zeledon Markel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Margarito Lila hit a great ball. C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's Zeledon Markel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justino Chucho in the 80th minute of play. Julio Domeka's late challenge caught a C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Julio Domeka helped the player get up and apologised. Julio Domeka hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Cirilo Peyo was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Lázaro Eyague. After a rather tough play, C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's Jesus Abad got a free kick in the 85th minute. Justino Chucho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zeledon Markel having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justino Chucho in the 87th minute of play forced C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's goalkeeper Zeledon Markel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Guillermo Barros Schelotto fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's protests and gave Guillermo Barros Schelotto a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's Guillermo Barros Schelotto got a free kick in the 90th minute. C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's Zeledon Markel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justino Chucho in the 91st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justino Chucho in the 93rd minute of play forced C.A. SAN MARTIN MZA's goalkeeper Zeledon Markel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cirilo Peyo was a little too slow when Teofilo Quintyn got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 95th minute. The score was now 3-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Depor Alex Return had won after a very even match.