U18 World League

Arrecifes
Spectators: 7998 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1839, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abel Espejo made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Arrecifes booed when Barrio Norte FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jeremías Matus didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind Barrio Norte FC's goalkeeper Laurín Vela, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Eugenio Dietsch managed to get in a good position for a shot. Barrio Norte FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Eugenio Dietsch was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Romulo Deunoro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With an all-out effort, Arrecifes's Laurín Vela threw himself towards the right post 9 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Abel Egoitz, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Silvano Edwardo made in the 12th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Barrio Norte FC's Eufemio Carmona. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Arrecifes's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Moncho De la Sotta was slow to take the kick. During this time Barrio Norte FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Moncho De la Sotta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Romulo Deunoro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of Barrio Norte FC booed when Arrecifes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Froilan Cutberto didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Eugenio Dietsch came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Barrio Norte FC 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 Eugenio Dietsch couldn't finish the play. 22 minutes into the match, Barrio Norte FC's goal looked a bit too open when Froilan Cutberto came free, but Laurín Vela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd match minute, Barrio Norte FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francisco José Makaus to maneuver through the defense. In the 25th minute, Froilan Cutberto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Laurín Vela was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Laurín Vela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abel Egoitz in the 33rd minute of the match. When Francisco Javier Millapan fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Barrio Norte FC's protests and gave Francisco Javier Millapan a yellow card for diving instead. Laurín Vela made an important save on a dangerous shot by Froilan Cutberto in the 41st minute. In the 45thth minute of the game Abel Espejo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Arrecifes's Romulo Deunoro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Laurín Vela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abel Egoitz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Freddy Eudoxio took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 57th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Laurín Vela. Barrio Norte FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abel Espejo in the 60th minute of play forced Arrecifes's goalkeeper Romulo Deunoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Barrio Norte FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Eufemio Carmona hit a great ball. Arrecifes made a substitution. Serafino Naldo replaced Froilan Cutberto. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Anastasio Guzman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Arrecifes's supporters rose to their feet, but Anastasio Guzman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Laurín Vela breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Francisco Javier Millapan was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 66 minutes had been played. In the 66th match minute, Barrio Norte FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francisco Javier Millapan to maneuver through the defense. 74 minutes into the match, Serafino Naldo notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Barrio Norte FC's Laurín Vela. Laurín Vela was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Serafino Naldo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Barrio Norte FC's Laurín Vela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Serafino Naldo in the 77th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Barrio Norte FC's Jeremías Matus got a free kick in the 81st minute. Laurín Vela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Serafino Naldo in the 95th minute of the match. Arrecifes's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.