U21 World League

Greenbay Park
Spectators: 7966 (Terracing: 5976, Seating: 1832, VIP seats: 158) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Darius Coton took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th match minute, U. de Tarapacá was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rogerio Berguño to maneuver through the defense. Alfie Nethercot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rogerio Berguño, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alfie Nethercot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rogerio Berguño, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Alfie Nethercot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rogerio Berguño, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After a rather tough play, U. de Tarapacá's Rogerio Berguño got a free kick in the 14th minute. Alfie Nethercot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rogerio Berguño, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute, Alam Brito left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U. de Tarapacá fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 22nd minute Alfredo Saralegui shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfie Nethercot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Greenbay's goalie and right to Alam Brito. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Greenbay's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rogerio Berguño in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alfie Nethercot prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of U. de Tarapacá booed when Greenbay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Junior Leadbeater didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 35 minutes of play, U. de Tarapacá's Alam Brito made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfie Nethercot was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alam Brito's late challenge caught a Greenbay's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alam Brito helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to U. de Tarapacá getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Alam Brito hit a great ball. 40 minutes into the game, Alam Brito cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Alfie Nethercot was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rogerio Berguño made a kick off. A collision led to U. de Tarapacá getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Alfredo Saralegui hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alam Brito in the 60th minute of play forced Greenbay's goalkeeper Alfie Nethercot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfie Nethercot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rogerio Berguño, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute of the match, Rogerio Berguño tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Alfie Nethercot saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After having played for 77 minutes, Alfredo Saralegui managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U. de Tarapacá's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfredo Saralegui was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Greenbay's Alfie Nethercot proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Greenbay from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogerio Berguño in the 85th minute of play forced Greenbay's goalkeeper Alfie Nethercot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alam Brito received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alfie Nethercot came out and tried to block the shot, but Alam Brito slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 91st minute. The U. de Tarapacá players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.