U21 World League

Tafari Makonnen
Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Geronimo Ignazio started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, Juan Orixe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 5 played minutes, Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's Pedro Luís Porto shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Benjamin Bieito came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ reached it. Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's Roger de Souza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ from getting a goal against them. 9 minutes into the match, Clemente Teles notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of La Tribuna Tambien Juega's Benjamin Bieito. Benjamin Bieito was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roger Melo in the 14th minute of play forced La Tribuna Tambien Juega's goalkeeper Benjamin Bieito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 17th minute, Roger Melo made a precise shot to the right of Benjamin Bieito. La Tribuna Tambien Juega's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Luís Fabiano Palmeira kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Luís Fabiano Palmeira was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 21 minutes into the match. After 21 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ! After 31 played minutes La Tribuna Tambien Juega got a freekick which was hit by Severiano Eladio. In the 32nd minute, Pedro Luís Porto made a precise shot to the right of Benjamin Bieito. La Tribuna Tambien Juega's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. In the 37th minute Diego Perez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benjamin Bieito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Perez in the 39th minute of play forced La Tribuna Tambien Juega's goalkeeper Benjamin Bieito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute, Diego Perez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benjamin Bieito was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

With 54 minutes on the clock, Angelo Vedillo commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 53 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for La Tribuna Tambien Juega! The goalkeeper, Benjamin Bieito, was totally fooled by Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's Pedro Luís Porto, who 56 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. When Gerardo Garci fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Tribuna Tambien Juega's protests and gave Gerardo Garci a yellow card for diving instead. In the 63rd match minute, La Tribuna Tambien Juega was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerardo Garci to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the La Tribuna Tambien Juega defense, Roger Melo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benjamin Bieito. The La Tribuna Tambien Juega fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benjamin Bieito should have stopped the shot. In the 69th minute, Roger Melo 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. If Pedro Luís Porto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 73 played minutes La Tribuna Tambien Juega got a freekick which was hit by Aldo Curcio. Benjamin Bieito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Luís Porto in the 77th minute of play. A collision led to Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Pedro Luís Porto hit a great ball. Benjamin Bieito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roger Melo in the 93rd minute of play. In the 96th minute, Gerardo Garci hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.