U23 World League

La Bombonera
Spectators: 7564 (Terracing: 5674, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Horacio Txaran got the match started through his kick off. Ramiro Romelio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Lohitzun, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. A collision led to 0 descensos getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Rosendo Benitez hit a great ball. Ramiro Romelio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Lohitzun in the 10th minute of play. After 15 played minutes 0 descensos got a freekick which was hit by Alberto Lohitzun. 23 minutes into the match, Augusto Burni notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of 0 descensos's Rolando Sedeni. Rolando Sedeni was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ramiro Romelio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Lohitzun, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. The supporters of 0 descensos booed when O rey Iván was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alejandro Perico didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rolando Sedeni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Augusto Burni in the 31st minute of play. Ramiro Romelio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arturo Estevez, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alberto Lohitzun in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ramiro Romelio saved O rey Iván from getting behind. 38 minutes into the match, O rey Iván's goalkeeper Ramiro Romelio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arturo Estevez. In the 38th match minute, O rey Iván was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Horacio Txaran to maneuver through the defense. In the 41st minute Augusto Burni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rolando Sedeni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, O rey Iván's goalkeeper Ramiro Romelio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Lohitzun. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Lohitzun in the 48th minute of play forced O rey Iván's goalkeeper Ramiro Romelio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Alberto Lohitzun was the one to do the kick off. Rolando Sedeni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Augusto Burni in the 52nd minute of play. 0 descensos's Faustino Frederico got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bruno Ritchie hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Ramiro Romelio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Lohitzun in the 60th minute of play. In the 66th minute Alberto Lohitzun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramiro Romelio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Faustino Frederico's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ramiro Romelio was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Israel Cesario hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Eusebio Cordeiro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 73rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ramiro Romelio. O rey Iván's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When 0 descensos's Alberto Lohitzun in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye O rey Iván's goalie prevented a goal. Arturo Estevez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Faustino Frederico scored 1-1 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ramiro Romelio, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ramiro Romelio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Lohitzun in the 87th minute of the match. When Faustino Frederico came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the 0 descensos 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 Faustino Frederico couldn't finish the play. O rey Iván's Ramiro Romelio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Lohitzun in the 90th minute of play. In the 91st minute Arturo Estevez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramiro Romelio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ramiro Romelio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Lohitzun in the 92nd minute of play. Ramiro Romelio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Faustino Frederico, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute.