U18 World League

Diego A. Maradona
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) After 2 minutes, Rigoberto Firmo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SAN MARTIN F.C. and the Newcastle United players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Rigoberto Firmo was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 4 minutes had been played. Rigoberto Firmo kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waclaw Zagrobelny in the 10th minute of play forced SAN MARTIN F.C.'s goalkeeper Maximiliano Astudillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute, Dawid Zacharek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Jairo Ritchie came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the SAN MARTIN F.C. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jairo Ritchie couldn't finish the play. Waclaw Zagrobelny fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maximiliano Astudillo having to interfere. Mateusz Polakowski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Maximiliano Astudillo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 33rd minute by Simon Canor got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Kajetan Kossakowski was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Abelardo Roland showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 37 minute of play. Maximiliano Astudillo came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Newcastle United's Mateusz Polakowski. But to his dismay, Mateusz Polakowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Abelardo Roland to strike the kick off in the second half. Kajetan Kossakowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abelardo Roland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kajetan Kossakowski didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when SAN MARTIN F.C.'s Simon Canor shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-1 in the ordered_time% minute. If Abelardo Roland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Newcastle United getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Gustaw Nuszkowski hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Newcastle United's Olaf Jestrimski got a free kick in the 63rd minute. After 64 played minutes, SAN MARTIN F.C.'s Bernardino Ospin shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Kajetan Kossakowski came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in SAN MARTIN F.C. reached it. SAN MARTIN F.C.'s Maximiliano Astudillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Waclaw Zagrobelny in the 65th minute of play. After 71 played minutes Waclaw Zagrobelny rounded SAN MARTIN F.C.'s defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-2. SAN MARTIN F.C.'s Maximiliano Astudillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Waclaw Zagrobelny in the 74th minute of play. In the 81st match minute, Newcastle United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olaf Jestrimski to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Newcastle United's zone, Simon Canor stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kajetan Kossakowski came out of the goal and Simon Canor tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 88th match minute, Newcastle United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olaf Jestrimski to maneuver through the defense. Waclaw Zagrobelny hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Simon Canor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Kajetan Kossakowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. SAN MARTIN F.C.'s Abelardo Roland got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. SAN MARTIN F.C.'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.