World League

La Bombonera
Spectators: 7563 (Terracing: 5673, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cecilio Tristan kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes, Federico Pirro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Defensores de Lombroso and the Abuba Akotonon FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th match minute, Defensores de Lombroso was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Federico Pirro to maneuver through the defense. Hugo Orlando Gatti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Denis Paulin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cecilio Tristan in the 7th minute of the match. Defensores de Lombroso's Denis Paulin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cecilio Tristan in the 10th minute of play. 11 minutes into the game, one of Abuba Akotonon FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Hugo Orlando Gatti went to the wrong direction when Teofilo Esdras was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Cecilio Tristan took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Denis Paulin. Denis Paulin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After having played for 18 minutes, Cecilio Tristan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Abuba Akotonon FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cecilio Tristan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Abuba Akotonon FC booed when Defensores de Lombroso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Federico Pirro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Genaro Elivareo was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 20th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Abuba Akotonon FC's Hugo Orlando Gatti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 21st minute of play. A hard shot 21 in the game by Bruno Sauveur from a close distance when the talented Hugo Orlando Gatti managed to make a qualified save. Abuba Akotonon FC's players were relieved. Cecilio Tristan charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cecilio Tristan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Defensores de Lombroso booed when Abuba Akotonon FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cecilio Tristan didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 24th minute Bruno Sauveur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Orlando Gatti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute of the match, Lionel-Andrés Messi tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Hugo Orlando Gatti saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 26 minutes into the match, Abuba Akotonon FC's goalkeeper Hugo Orlando Gatti had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bruno Sauveur. Denis Paulin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emanuel Aurre went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 30 minutes into the match, Cecilio Tristan notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Defensores de Lombroso's Denis Paulin. Denis Paulin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Denis Paulin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Genaro Elivareo in the 35th minute of the match. In the 36th minute Teofilo Esdras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Orlando Gatti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abuba Akotonon FC's Hugo Orlando Gatti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 38th minute of play. In the 38th minute Lionel-Andrés Messi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Orlando Gatti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Teofilo Esdras charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Teofilo Esdras the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Abuba Akotonon FC booed when Defensores de Lombroso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teofilo Esdras didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 42nd minute Teofilo Esdras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Orlando Gatti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bruno Sauveur to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Emanuel Aurre suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. A collision led to Defensores de Lombroso getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Lionel-Andrés Messi hit a great ball. A collision led to Abuba Akotonon FC getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Vânderson Barbosa hit a great ball. When Ramiro Rey fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Abuba Akotonon FC's protests and gave Ramiro Rey a yellow card for diving instead. After 55 played minutes Abuba Akotonon FC got a freekick which was hit by Ramiro Rey. In the 57thth minute of the game Bruno Sauveur who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Abuba Akotonon FC's Hugo Orlando Gatti was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hugo Orlando Gatti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Uriel Ferrer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th minute Cecilio Tristan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Paulin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Uriel Ferrer hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Abuba Akotonon FC's Cecilio Tristan got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hugo Orlando Gatti came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Defensores de Lombroso's Uriel Ferrer. But to his dismay, Uriel Ferrer quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. When Defensores de Lombroso's Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Abuba Akotonon FC's goalie prevented a goal. Hugo Orlando Gatti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Sauveur in the 78th minute of play. Hugo Orlando Gatti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Sauveur in the 82nd minute of the match. Hugo Orlando Gatti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bruno Sauveur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abuba Akotonon FC's Hugo Orlando Gatti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uriel Ferrer in the 88th minute of play. A collision led to Abuba Akotonon FC getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Fabian Otoniel hit a great ball. Abuba Akotonon FC's Hugo Orlando Gatti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Sauveur in the 93rd minute of play. In the 95th minute, Alan Varela made a precise shot to the right of Hugo Orlando Gatti. Abuba Akotonon FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.