U18 World League

Estadio Bombonera
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 洪伟平 got the match started through his kick off. 叶然庭 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erubiel Ramone in the 8th minute of play. Victoriano Francesco hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Bahía é Carnaval's zone, 韩昆昆 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hernan Checa came out of the goal and 韩昆昆 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 洪伟平 in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hernan Checa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of ☆冰谷☆〓战狼〓东亚之光 booed when Bahía é Carnaval was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Esteve Columbo didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match clock showed 17 minutes, the score became 0-1 when 洪伟平 sped through Bahía é Carnaval's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hernan Checa. If 洪伟平 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hernan Checa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 韩昆昆 in the 22nd minute of play. In the 25th minute, Flavio Modestio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 洪伟平 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hernan Checa having to interfere. Sergio Sadurni took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 叶然庭. 叶然庭 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After a defensive mix-up in Bahía é Carnaval's zone, 韩昆昆 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hernan Checa came out of the goal and 韩昆昆 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With an all-out effort, Bahía é Carnaval's 叶然庭 threw himself towards the right post 40 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sergio Sadurni, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 叶然庭 was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Alejandro Tavio showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 41 minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sergio Sadurni to make the kick off. Hernan Checa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 韩昆昆's shot from short distance in the 51st minute. In the 57thth minute of the game 韩昆昆 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bahía é Carnaval's Hernan Checa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejandro Tavio in the 61st minute of play forced ☆冰谷☆〓战狼〓东亚之光's goalkeeper 叶然庭 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Bahía é Carnaval booed when ☆冰谷☆〓战狼〓东亚之光 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. 潘耀梁 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hernan Checa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 韩昆昆 in the 66th minute of the match. 洪伟平 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Hernan Checa made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, 韩昆昆 managed to get in a good position for a shot. ☆冰谷☆〓战狼〓东亚之光's supporters rose to their feet, but 韩昆昆 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hernan Checa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 韩昆昆 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. ☆冰谷☆〓战狼〓东亚之光 had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.