U18 World League

El Coliseo
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lisandro Abascal took the kick off in the first half of the match. Emiliano Melito was a little too slow when Lisandro Abascal got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. A collision led to LEBEG Team getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Alberto Cavanna hit a great ball. Emiliano Melito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Naike Aballe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ciro Caniglia hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Armin Taraborrelli kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Ibar Abalos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Emiliano Melito made a huge save. 27 minutes into the game, LEBEG Team's Achille Di Cesare nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Noe Aballe made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. The supporters of Tiki Taka FC booed when LEBEG Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alberto Cavanna didn't get a good kick on the ball. 32 minutes into the match, Ibar Abalos notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of LEBEG Team's Emiliano Melito. Emiliano Melito was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 37 minutes of play, LEBEG Team's Beppe Alessandro made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Noe Aballe was left in no man's land by his defense there! 41 minutes into the match, Achille Di Cesare had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Noe Aballe. Tiki Taka FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Achille Di Cesare was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. Emiliano Melito came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by Tiki Taka FC's Lisandro Abascal. But to his dismay, Lisandro Abascal quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-3. 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 players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Beppe Alessandro was the one to do the kick off. In the 60th match minute, Tiki Taka FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Naike Aballe to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, LEBEG Team's Amerigo Diana got a free kick in the 63rd minute. In the 71st minute Ibar Abalos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emiliano Melito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 74 minutes of play, Tiki Taka FC's Ibar Abalos made it 5-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emiliano Melito was left in no man's land by his defense there! Achille Di Cesare could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Noe Aballe made a huge save. Emiliano Melito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naike Aballe in the 92nd minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Tiki Taka FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.