U21 World League

La Xibombonera
Spectators: 7686 (Terracing: 5765, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomás Quintal got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustaw Wicherek in the 6th minute of play forced Xiboquinha FC's goalkeeper Jefferson Goiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jefferson Goiano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcos Herrera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes into the match, Xiboquinha FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marcos Herrera came free, but Jefferson Goiano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, LegionArgentina's goal looked a bit too open when Tomás Quintal came free, but Saul Osoitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jefferson Goiano didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when LegionArgentina's Froilan Arnas shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. 15 minutes into the match, Xiboquinha FC's goal looked a bit too open when Froilan Arnas came free, but Jefferson Goiano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Herrera in the 16th minute of play forced Xiboquinha FC's goalkeeper Jefferson Goiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rosendo Tabby kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Jefferson Goiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angel Mitxel in the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th match minute, Xiboquinha FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Célio Veiga to maneuver through the defense. 31 minutes into the match, Xiboquinha FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rosendo Tabby came free, but Jefferson Goiano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Saul Osoitz made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Hélder Meireles sent off a good shot on target. In the 36th minute, Alfonso Urko made a precise shot to the right of Jefferson Goiano. Xiboquinha FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Jefferson Goiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcos Herrera in the 41st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Angel Mitxel in the 42nd minute of play forced Xiboquinha FC's goalkeeper Jefferson Goiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. György Kósa took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jefferson Goiano. Jefferson Goiano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. György Kósa was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute György Kósa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jefferson Goiano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xiboquinha FC's Jefferson Goiano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Herrera in the 53rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcos Herrera got free with Jefferson Goiano in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 60 minutes of play, LegionArgentina's Froilan Arnas made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jefferson Goiano was left in no man's land by his defense there! When György Kósa came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the LegionArgentina 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 György Kósa couldn't finish the play. In the 76th minute, Tomás Quintal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Xiboquinha FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. 82 minutes into the match, György Kósa notched a goal, 1-7, to the right of Xiboquinha FC's Jefferson Goiano. Jefferson Goiano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by György Kósa in the 93rd minute of play forced Xiboquinha FC's goalkeeper Jefferson Goiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jefferson Goiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from György Kósa in the 95th minute of the match. The Xiboquinha FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. LegionArgentina were clearly better and deserved to take the win.