U21 World League

Elvia Vasquez
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arsenio Erico started the match with the kick off. Arsenio Erico hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Mateus Dorado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Arsenio Maiorga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th match minute, LTA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonio Rattín to maneuver through the defense. RamPa Football Club's Neto Idalgo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Bernad in the 23rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, RamPa Football Club's Ramon Maldini got a free kick in the 24th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Federico Tevez during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Lixandro Carbo made in the 36th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by LTA FC's Genaro Iliana. Genaro Iliana took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 37th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Neto Idalgo. RamPa Football Club's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 39th minute, Federico Tevez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Federico Tevez was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 40 minutes had been played. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 40th minute of the game. One of LTA FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of RamPa Football Club:s goal. LTA FC:s Arsenio Maiorga showed great skill when he stopped Ramon Maldini:s penalty. The excitement rose when RamPa Football Club's Ramon Maldini after 42 played minutes turned away three defenders near the goal, and after that shot a ball that was too difficult for LTA FC's goalkeeper to hold. Score! 1-1. After a rather tough play, LTA FC's Ivan Bernad got a free kick in the 48th minute. In the 49th minute, Ramon Maldini got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mateus Dorado made a kick off. If Tomás Matai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 61 played minutes LTA FC got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Rattín. Arsenio Maiorga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Botello Bada, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. A collision led to LTA FC getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Gaudencio Hernandez hit a great ball. LTA FC made a substitution. Cristian Berdaitz replaced Gonzalo Txema. Gaudencio Hernandez kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. RamPa Football Club's Ramon Maldini got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Arsenio Erico fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LTA FC's protests and gave Arsenio Erico a yellow card for diving instead. LTA FC made a substitution. Rodrigo Quintan replaced Tomás Matai. A collision led to LTA FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Arsenio Erico hit a great ball. Arsenio Maiorga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lixandro Carbo in the 70th minute of the match. RamPa Football Club's Neto Idalgo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save RamPa Football Club from getting a goal against them. LTA FC's Arsenio Maiorga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Botello Bada in the 73rd minute of play. Antonio Rattín received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Neto Idalgo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rodrigo Quintan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Neto Idalgo having to interfere. Arsenio Maiorga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ondino Acacia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Mateus Dorado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arsenio Maiorga was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Mateus Dorado scored 2-1 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arsenio Maiorga, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 92nd minute, LTA FC's Rodrigo Quintan dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramon Grondona in the 97th minute of play forced LTA FC's goalkeeper Arsenio Maiorga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.