U18 World League

® El Monumental ®
Spectators: 7749 (Terracing: 5813, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Pascual Tab kicked off to start the match. Elpidio Kelemen lost his temper 3 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to Barrialito AFC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Elpidio Kelemen hit a great ball. After 5th play minutes Paulo Pezzella shot 1-0, a short shot which went by Alvaro Rik and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 9th minute, Borja Colidio reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alvaro Rik. The goal made the score 2-0. With a little luck, Barrialito AFC's Alvaro Rik got control of the ball when Paulo Pezzella tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 14th minute, Pascual Tab ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luis Gutierrez was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Alvaro Rik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Pezzella, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Borja Colidio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Alvaro Rik made a huge save. In the 20th match minute, Barrialito AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Genaro Sugoi to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Paulo Pezzella in the 21st minute really tested Alvaro Rik's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Luis Gutierrez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pascual Tab in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 23rd minute, Hernan Cresitobalo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alvaro Rik was out of position in the 30 minute of play, and Jonas Dominguez capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jonas Dominguez really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. Paulo Pezzella scored 4-1 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alvaro Rik, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 40th minute, Armando Fero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alvaro Rik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Borja Colidio, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute, Hernan Cresitobalo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alvaro Rik was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1.

The wind increased when Borja Colidio made the kick off in the second half. Alvaro Rik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nemesio Frisco, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. 55 minutes into the match, Paulo Pezzella had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alvaro Rik. Barrialito AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paulo Pezzella was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. In the 59th minute Borja Colidio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro Rik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With 63 minutes on the clock, Nemesio Frisco commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in River Plate ® 9-12 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 62nd minute. Penalty! Borja Colidio hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. In the 75th minute, Pascual Tab made a precise shot to the right of Luis Gutierrez. River Plate ® 9-12's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-3. Luis Gutierrez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pascual Tab in the 81st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hernan Cresitobalo in the 82nd minute of play forced Barrialito AFC's goalkeeper Alvaro Rik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Luis Gutierrez managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when Barrialito AFC's Nereo Urtats fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Teodosio Txema managed to get in a good position for a shot. Barrialito AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Teodosio Txema was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luis Gutierrez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nereo Urtatss short, quick shot in the 94thth minute got Luis Gutierrez to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Luis Gutierrez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teodosio Txema, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.