U23 World League

Satriale Stadium
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aritz Morales took the kick off in the first half of the match. Toni Polster's late challenge caught a Alejandra's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Toni Polster helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Bada Bing Club getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Toni Polster hit a great ball. In the 7th match minute, Alejandra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anibal Amato to maneuver through the defense. In the 11th minute, Aritz Morales made a precise shot to the right of Maximo Rudolfo. Alejandra's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Fernando Natanael took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cleto Lastras. Cleto Lastras dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aritz Morales in the 18th minute of play forced Alejandra's goalkeeper Maximo Rudolfo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25thth minute of the game Fernando Natanael who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bada Bing Club's Cleto Lastras was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cleto Lastras showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Natanael, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. With 31 minutes on the clock, Delmiro Benvide commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 31 minutes into the game, one of Alejandra:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 34 played minutes Alejandra got a freekick which was hit by Jaime Herrera. Nicolás Cabanela struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Maximo Rudolfo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Bada Bing Club. After 47 played minutes Bada Bing Club got a freekick which was hit by Hugo Soprano. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jaime Herrera to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anibal Amato got free with Cleto Lastras in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 52 played minutes Bada Bing Club got a freekick which was hit by Toni Polster. Cleto Lastras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anibal Amato, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute, Esdras Garay ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Maximo Rudolfo was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. After 67 minutes of play, Bada Bing Club's Aritz Morales made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maximo Rudolfo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pablo Cainzos's late challenge caught a Alejandra's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pablo Cainzos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 69th match minute, Bada Bing Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pablo Cainzos to maneuver through the defense. Bada Bing Club's attentive Lolo Bacete managed to snatch the ball when Anastasio Senio made a throw-in in the 71st minute of the game. In the 74th minute Aritz Morales shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maximo Rudolfo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 83 minutes in the game, Jaime Herrera fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Cleto Lastras having to interfere. Bada Bing Club's Andrea Soprano was substituted for Esdras Garay. Alejandra's Maximo Rudolfo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Airas Tobias in the 87th minute of play. Lolo Bacete got a throw-in 89 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Ciro Soprano. 90 minutes into the game, Aritz Morales cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-2. Maximo Rudolfo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Bada Bing Club fans cheered their team off the field, for while Alejandra had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.