U18 World League

Plasnikarium Arena
Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gualterio Estebano started the match with the kick off. Bautista Agnese sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, PLASNIKE's Augusto Rubio got a free kick in the 5th minute. 6 minutes into the match, PLASNIKE's goal looked a bit too open when Ondino Martin came free, but Ladislao Tonete reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 7th match minute, Torreoncito was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilberto Faure to maneuver through the defense. After 12 played minutes PLASNIKE got a freekick which was hit by Freddy Mazuste. 13 minutes into the match, Torreoncito's Juan Antonio Vives sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ladislao Tonete narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 15th minute Juan Antonio Vives shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ladislao Tonete saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ondino Martin in the 17th minute of play forced PLASNIKE's goalkeeper Ladislao Tonete to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute Ricardo Herauso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tanausu Granados saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 22 played minutes PLASNIKE got a freekick which was hit by Gualterio Estebano. In the 23rd minute of the match Gilberto Faure shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ladislao Tonete showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 24th minute, Juan Antonio Vives ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ladislao Tonete was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 33 played minutes Torreoncito got a freekick which was hit by Donato Arellano. Tanausu Granados made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anibal Hegoi in the 39th minute of play. In the 41st match minute, PLASNIKE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anibal Hegoi to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anibal Hegoi got free with Tanausu Granados in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After the first half Torreoncito were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Juan Antonio Vives stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ladislao Tonete took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bautista Agnese, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gualterio Estebano charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gualterio Estebano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 62 played minutes PLASNIKE got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Rubio. With his leg Ladislao Tonete managed to avoid a goal in the 63rdth minute, when Torreoncito's Ondino Martin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, PLASNIKE's Nicanor Odilon got a free kick in the 64th minute. Ladislao Tonete took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bautista Agnese, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 70 minutes into the game, Juan Antonio Vives recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ladislao Tonete. Juan Antonio Vives showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. After a rather tough play, PLASNIKE's Nicanor Odilon got a free kick in the 73rd minute. After a rather tough play, Torreoncito's Donato Arellano got a free kick in the 76th minute. Ricardo Herauso succeeded in the game's 78th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-3. In the 82nd minute, Gonzalo Eleazar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Tanausu Granados came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by PLASNIKE's Nicanor Odilon. But to his dismay, Nicanor Odilon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. In the 95th minute, Ernesto Guerola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gualterio Estebano was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 96th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal.