U18 World League

La Ciudadela
Spectators: 7646 (Terracing: 5736, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) Vladan Nikolić started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Vladan Nikolić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Fabricio Steven tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Teodor Kamber hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Fabricio Steven didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Crni Tigrovi's Luka Grgurović shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Sandi Patafta made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benicio Lorien in the 22nd minute. San Martin de Tucuman's Fabricio Steven played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luka Grgurović in the 27th minute of play. The supporters of San Martin de Tucuman booed when Crni Tigrovi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jadran Lipovšćak didn't get a good kick on the ball. 28 minutes into the match, Crni Tigrovi's goal looked a bit too open when Leo Ramone came free, but Sandi Patafta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 38 minutes, Jadran Lipovšćak mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Crni Tigrovi and the San Martin de Tucuman players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 38 played minutes Crni Tigrovi got a freekick which was hit by Jadran Lipovšćak. In the 41st minute, Maximo Arotza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dragan Kelava was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 42nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Blas Oxarra hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. In the 48th minute Vladan Nikolić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabricio Steven saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The San Martin de Tucuman players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Crni Tigrovi were winning 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Esteban Bitxintxo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Crni Tigrovi got a freekick which was hit by Jadran Lipovšćak. Crni Tigrovi's Sandi Patafta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Astor Kepa in the 52nd minute of play. Sandi Patafta came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by San Martin de Tucuman's Astor Kepa. But to his dismay, Astor Kepa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 61st minute Esteban Bitxintxo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sandi Patafta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sandi Patafta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Astor Kepa in the 62nd minute of the match. When Astor Kepa fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored San Martin de Tucuman's protests and gave Astor Kepa a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Crni Tigrovi booed when San Martin de Tucuman was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Astor Kepa didn't get a good kick on the ball. San Martin de Tucuman made a substitution. Victorino Servando replaced Esteban Bitxintxo. After 65 played minutes San Martin de Tucuman got a freekick which was hit by Astor Kepa. Victorino Servando sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sandi Patafta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Astor Kepa went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 85th minute, Astor Kepa 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. Leo Ramone sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jadran Lipovšćak recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 92nd minute, Ljubo Šišić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to San Martin de Tucuman getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Astor Kepa hit a great ball. San Martin de Tucuman's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.