U21 World League

Los Pajaritos
Spectators: 8035 (Terracing: 6027, Seating: 1848, VIP seats: 160) Club Almirante Brown's Aristides Rayman started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Lucas Sabina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guido Bautista, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 5th minute Club Almirante Brown were awarded a corner. Aldo Asier went to the cornerflag to take it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Guido Bautista in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lucas Sabina prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aristides Rayman in the 17th minute of play forced C.D. Ciudad de Soria's goalkeeper Lucas Sabina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucas Sabina stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Guido Bautista's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Guido Bautista in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lucas Sabina prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Justo Paublo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Guido Bautista came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Club Almirante Brown 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 Guido Bautista couldn't finish the play. In the 30th minute, Guido Bautista ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lucas Sabina was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Guido Bautista might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lucas Sabina. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Guido Bautista ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 35th minute Guido Bautista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucas Sabina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Jordi Morales had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marcos Villalcazar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Aldo Colon made a huge save. A throw-in in the 46th minute of the game was made by Quico Castro with Cebrián Sans as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After the first half Club Almirante Brown 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 Marcos Villalcazar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Club Almirante Brown's Guido Bautista got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 54 played minutes Club Almirante Brown got a freekick which was hit by Severo Venceslas. Guido Bautista could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Lucas Sabina made a huge save. With his leg Lucas Sabina managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when Club Almirante Brown's Guido Bautista fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, Club Almirante Brown's Severo Venceslas got a free kick in the 60th minute. After a rather tough play, Club Almirante Brown's Severo Venceslas got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Lucas Sabina made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Guido Bautista sent off a good shot on target. In the 69th minute Marcos Villalcazar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aldo Colon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, C.D. Ciudad de Soria's Lucas Sabina got control of the ball when Guido Bautista tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 86 minutes, Aristides Rayman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Club Almirante Brown's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aristides Rayman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Guido Bautista put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Lucas Sabina. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guido Bautista got free with Lucas Sabina in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. C.D. Ciudad de Soria's Lucas Sabina proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save C.D. Ciudad de Soria from getting a goal against them. Guido Bautista blasted a shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lucas Sabina having to make a save. Club Almirante Brown's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.