U18 World League

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 7624 (Terracing: 5719, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) The crowd rose to their feet as ACF Fiorentina's Cayetano Berto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Paolo Bazkoare. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. Pastor Osoitz did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Paolo Bazkoare 6 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the ACF Fiorentina defense, Severo Casado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arnulfo Suero. The ACF Fiorentina fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arnulfo Suero should have stopped the shot. In the 15th minute, Marcelino Sedeni reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Paolo Bazkoare. The goal made the score 3-1. After a rather tough play, Boedo Athletic.'s Severo Casado got a free kick in the 20th minute. The audience was convinced that Pastor Osoitz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paolo Bazkoare was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. After 23 minutes of play, Boedo Athletic.'s Juan Lamberto made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arnulfo Suero was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 26th play minutes Horacio Eutor shot 4-2, a short shot which went by Paolo Bazkoare and just under the crossbar into goal. After a rather tough play, Boedo Athletic.'s Gonzalo Maore got a free kick in the 34th minute. The supporters of ACF Fiorentina booed when Boedo Athletic. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raimundo Uhin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gonzalo Maore fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnulfo Suero having to interfere. Jairo Nataniel kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-2 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Isaac Gelmiro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 58thth minute of the game Pastor Osoitz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Boedo Athletic.'s Paolo Bazkoare was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Paolo Bazkoare showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cayetano Berto in the 59th minute of the match. Paolo Bazkoare came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by ACF Fiorentina's Pastor Osoitz. But to his dismay, Pastor Osoitz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rolando Regis during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Rolando Regis kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Boedo Athletic.'s Modesto Bermudez was substituted for Jairo Nataniel. Boedo Athletic. made a substitution. Julio Barea replaced Cosme Artal. In the 72nd minute, Rolando Regis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juan Lamberto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 76th minute Ezequiel Ricart shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paolo Bazkoare saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th match minute, Boedo Athletic. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Modesto Bermudez to maneuver through the defense. Marcelino Sedeni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Paolo Bazkoare tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When ACF Fiorentina's Horacio Eutor in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Boedo Athletic.'s goalie prevented a goal. Julio Barea kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. In the 88th minute, Pastor Osoitz made a precise shot to the right of Paolo Bazkoare. Boedo Athletic.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-2. After 90 played minutes Boedo Athletic. got a freekick which was hit by Severo Casado. After 92 played minutes ACF Fiorentina got a freekick which was hit by Fermin Emesto. ACF Fiorentina's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.