U23 World League

⭐️David Arellano⭐️
Spectators: 7732 (Terracing: 5800, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Manolito Neira started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferruccio Di Campli in the 3rd minute of play forced Colo-Colo's goalkeeper Emiliano Marcó to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes into the match, Colo-Colo's goal looked a bit too open when Emilio Di Campli came free, but Emiliano Marcó reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Camillo Vittorio in the 8th minute of play forced Colo-Colo's goalkeeper Emiliano Marcó to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Duri come il marmo's Emilio Di Campli in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Colo-Colo's goalie prevented a goal. Felice Selvaggi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mati Fernández, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 19th match minute, Duri come il marmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Augusto Ciccone to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Ovidio Ugutz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emiliano Marcó was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. 24 minutes into the match, Camillo Vittorio notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Colo-Colo's Emiliano Marcó. Emiliano Marcó was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With 30 minutes on the clock, Chano Garrido commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. A collision led to Colo-Colo getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Chano Garrido hit a great ball. Chano Garrido kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. 33 minutes into the match, Colo-Colo's goal looked a bit too open when Ercole Petrosino came free, but Emiliano Marcó reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute Mati Fernández shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felice Selvaggi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emiliano Marcó made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emilio Di Campli in the 42nd minute of play. In the 43rd match minute, Duri come il marmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciccio Silvestre to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Emilio Di Campli was the one to do the kick off. Duri come il marmo's Felice Selvaggi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toninho Bibikov in the 52nd minute of play. In the 53rd minute of the match Colo-Colo got a corner. Duri come il marmo's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Toninho Bibikov ran over to the corner to take the kick. Felice Selvaggi didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Colo-Colo's Toninho Bibikov shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Felice Selvaggi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mati Fernández in the 67th minute of play. Felice Selvaggi didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Colo-Colo's Toninho Bibikov shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Duri come il marmo's Francesco Locatelli was substituted for Emilio Di Campli. Through an outstanding action, after 78 minutes, Emiliano Marcó successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Emiliano Marcó took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francesco Locatelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82nd minute, Francesco Locatelli reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Emiliano Marcó. The goal made the score 2-2. Colo-Colo's Joel Zuburu was substituted for Luis Mena. After 86 played minutes Colo-Colo got a freekick which was hit by José Maria Baquero. Emiliano Marcó showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ovidio Ugutz, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the 89th match minute, Colo-Colo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Henríquez to maneuver through the defense. Ovidio Ugutz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Emiliano Marcó made a huge save. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind Duri come il marmo's goalkeeper Felice Selvaggi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.