U18 World League

Estadio MARCELO BIEL
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edelmiro Dolfos got the match started through his kick off. Roman Kismi hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Anacleto Honrio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amancio Magdaleno in the 12th minute of the match. When NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's Aurelio Hitz in 14 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Anacleto Honrio guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. After 15 played minutes ROJO got a freekick which was hit by Primitivo Frederik. Edelmiro Dolfos charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edelmiro Dolfos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 17 minutes into the match, ROJO's goal looked a bit too open when Aurelio Hitz came free, but Anacleto Honrio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute, Edelmiro Dolfos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Danilo Frascuelo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 23 played minutes NEWELL´S OLD BOYS got a freekick which was hit by Mario Uhin. After a defensive mix-up in NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's zone, Laureano Michael stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Danilo Frascuelo came out of the goal and Laureano Michael tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edelmiro Dolfos in the 27th minute of play forced NEWELL´S OLD BOYS's goalkeeper Danilo Frascuelo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Danilo Frascuelo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Denis Ebardo went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Mario Uhin hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. In the 37th minute Erasmo Fernendo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anacleto Honrio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anacleto Honrio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erasmo Fernendo, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Amancio Magdaleno stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 58 minutes into the match, ROJO's goal looked a bit too open when Amancio Magdaleno came free, but Anacleto Honrio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anacleto Honrio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erasmo Fernendo, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Amancio Magdaleno scored 2-2 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anacleto Honrio, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Amancio Magdaleno received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Anacleto Honrio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 66th minute, Erasmo Fernendo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anacleto Honrio was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. The audience was convinced that Amancio Magdaleno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anacleto Honrio was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in ROJO's zone, Erasmo Fernendo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anacleto Honrio came out of the goal and Erasmo Fernendo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 84th minute, Aurelio Hitz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelio Hitz in the 89th minute of play forced ROJO's goalkeeper Anacleto Honrio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to ROJO getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Laureano Michael hit a great ball. ROJO's Anacleto Honrio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amancio Magdaleno in the 94th minute of play. A collision led to ROJO getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Laureano Michael hit a great ball. The referee gave NEWELL´S OLD BOYS a penalty, 97 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Rene Bernabel, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ROJO's Anacleto Honrio. 5-2. For all the effort they put into the match, the ROJO players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for NEWELL´S OLD BOYS.