U21 World League

TONY STARK ARENA
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Adan Francho took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Estudiantes de América getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Norberto Errapel hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Estudiantes de América's Elias Ospetsu got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 10th match minute, WINNING ELEVEN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcial Rafel to maneuver through the defense. Feliberto Ortle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ezequiel Luke in the 11th minute of the match. In the 12thth minute of the game Ezequiel Luke who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but WINNING ELEVEN's Feliberto Ortle was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in WINNING ELEVEN's zone, Elias Ospetsu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Feliberto Ortle came out of the goal and Elias Ospetsu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Adrian Ospetsu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artemio Abancens, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Rolando Erasto's late challenge caught a WINNING ELEVEN's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rolando Erasto helped the player get up and apologised. In the 28th minute of the match Christian Quilino shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Adrian Ospetsu showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 34th match minute, WINNING ELEVEN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Hechter to maneuver through the defense. Adrian Ospetsu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adan Francho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Marciano Precioso managed to get in a good position for a shot. Estudiantes de América's supporters rose to their feet, but Marciano Precioso was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Feliberto Ortle breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, WINNING ELEVEN's Teodoro Inocente got a free kick in the 40th minute. Adrian Ospetsu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adan Francho in the 46th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Ezequiel Luke made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Ezequiel Luke shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Ortle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th match minute, Estudiantes de América was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norberto Errapel to maneuver through the defense. Adrian Ospetsu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcial Rafel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 61 played minutes Estudiantes de América got a freekick which was hit by Elias Ospetsu. Feliberto Ortle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ezequiel Luke in the 66th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in WINNING ELEVEN's zone, Ezequiel Luke stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Feliberto Ortle came out of the goal and Ezequiel Luke tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Feliberto Ortle came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Estudiantes de América's Elias Ospetsu. But to his dismay, Elias Ospetsu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Isaias Cutberto kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ezequiel Luke in the 85th minute of play forced WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Feliberto Ortle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, WINNING ELEVEN's Nereo Sanchez got a free kick in the 85th minute. Estudiantes de América's defense didn't have a chance, in the 91st minute, when Rigoberto Hechter scored to the left of an out of position Adrian Ospetsu, making the score, 2-1. A collision led to WINNING ELEVEN getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Adan Francho hit a great ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the WINNING ELEVEN players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Estudiantes de América.