U18 World League

Ciudad de Vte. Lopez
Spectators: 7838 (Terracing: 5880, Seating: 1802, VIP seats: 156) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Felix Santos started the match with the kick off. Aquilino Abascal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnoldo Salvadore having to interfere. Ciro Sagrario hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Arnoldo Salvadore made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Santos in the 9th minute of play. Arnoldo Salvadore showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dionisio Leizarraga in the 14th minute of the match. Arnoldo Salvadore showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Santos in the 16th minute of the match. If Alfonso Justin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Julian Tercero during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 19 played minutes Platense es de Primera!! got a freekick which was hit by Julian Tercero. Arnoldo Salvadore came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by NECKER49's Lázaro Hats. But to his dismay, Lázaro Hats quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Arnoldo Salvadore showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Santos in the 25th minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Astor Cordaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Felix Santos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Arnoldo Salvadore tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. NECKER49's Paulo Marz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Tercero in the 30th minute of play. Arnoldo Salvadore didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lázaro Hats went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. After 34 played minutes NECKER49 got a freekick which was hit by Felix Santos. After a rather tough play, NECKER49's Gonzalo Austin got a free kick in the 38th minute. Julian Tercero got his second yellow card in the match during the 42nd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 44th minute of the match, Lázaro Hats sent away a good long shot that could have become a goal, but Arnoldo Salvadore showed an example of his skillful tending and made the save just under the crossbar. After 45 played minutes Platense es de Primera!! got a freekick which was hit by Tadeo Jaume. 46 minutes into the match, NECKER49's Felix Santos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arnoldo Salvadore narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 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.

After 52nd play minutes Lázaro Hats shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Arnoldo Salvadore and just under the crossbar into goal. Arnoldo Salvadore took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. NECKER49 made a substitution. Lino Sendoa replaced Felix Santos. Cirilo Nisio kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. In the 75th minute of the match, Guido Pello tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Arnoldo Salvadore saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 79 played minutes NECKER49 got a freekick which was hit by Guido Pello. After a rather tough play, Platense es de Primera!!'s Roman Kimetz got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Gonzalo Austin in the 90thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Arnoldo Salvadore, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Arnoldo Salvadore made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lino Sendoa in the 92nd minute. 93 minutes in the game, Dionisio Leizarraga fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Arnoldo Salvadore having to interfere. The Platense es de Primera!! fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. NECKER49 were clearly better and deserved to take the win.