U18 World League

XMAS park
Spectators: 7755 (Terracing: 5818, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) The supporters of XMAS booed when ⓅⓀⓇ Unión San Felipe ★★★★ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abundio Apparcel didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 13th minute Mauro Heiremans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dennis Urbani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauro Heiremans in the 15th minute of play forced XMAS's goalkeeper Dennis Urbani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Mauro Heiremans put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Dennis Urbani. A collision led to XMAS getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Alessandro Vettori hit a great ball. Florinio Abbatte struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Dennis Urbani didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ⓅⓀⓇ Unión San Felipe ★★★★. Maximiliano Aguirrebeña made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Angelo Pallotta sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Mauro Heiremans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dennis Urbani was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. ⓅⓀⓇ Unión San Felipe ★★★★'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Florinio Abbatte in the 27th minute. The corner led ⓅⓀⓇ Unión San Felipe ★★★★'s Florinio Abbatte to fire away a dangerous shot which Dennis Urbani despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A collision led to XMAS getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Eugenio Casiraghi hit a great ball. 34 minutes into the game, ⓅⓀⓇ Unión San Felipe ★★★★'s Mauro Heiremans nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dennis Urbani made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Dennis Urbani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abundio Apparcel, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 39th minute, Abundio Apparcel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dennis Urbani was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3.

The wind increased when Mauro Heiremans made the kick off in the second half. Dennis Urbani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mauro Heiremans, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. When Lander Paez fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ⓅⓀⓇ Unión San Felipe ★★★★'s protests and gave Lander Paez a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to ⓅⓀⓇ Unión San Felipe ★★★★ getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Lander Paez hit a great ball. Gualberto Amiot hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Zavier Adams who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 58thth minute tested the skills of Dennis Urbani when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Mauro Heiremans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dennis Urbani was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. XMAS's defense didn't have a chance, in the 67th minute, when Mauro Heiremans scored to the left of an out of position Dennis Urbani, making the score, 0-4. Mauro Heiremans struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Dennis Urbani didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ⓅⓀⓇ Unión San Felipe ★★★★. If Mauro Heiremans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mauro Heiremans got free with Dennis Urbani in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Maximiliano Aguirrebeña made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enzo Alfonsi in the 90th minute of play. The ⓅⓀⓇ Unión San Felipe ★★★★ players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.