U21 World League

Río Grande
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Celso Otsoko got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnulfo Restu in the 6th minute of play forced Tierra del Fuego FC's goalkeeper Cristobal Iyan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amador Mateus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Celso Otsoko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristobal Iyan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnulfo Restu in the 11th minute of play. Amador Mateus was a little too slow when Celso Otsoko got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 13th minute. The score was now 1-0. C. A. BELGRANO were furious when Ruben Fagondo was red carded, 19 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After a rather tough play, C. A. BELGRANO's Ruben Fagondo got a free kick in the 19th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ivan Domenec got free with Amador Mateus in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 21st minute, Efrain Gar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tobias Bonifaco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Cristobal Iyan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 33 played minutes C. A. BELGRANO got a freekick which was hit by Tobias Bonifaco. Cristobal Iyan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arnulfo Restu's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. Amador Mateus didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ivan Domenec went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Arnulfo Restu to make the kick off. Cristobal Iyan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tobias Bonifaco in the 54th minute. Celso Otsoko recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 64 minutes, Arnulfo Restu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. C. A. BELGRANO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arnulfo Restu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tierra del Fuego FC's Cristobal Iyan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Tierra del Fuego FC from getting a goal against them. Arnulfo Restu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Cristobal Iyan made a huge save. In the 71stth minute of the game Felipe Abechuco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tierra del Fuego FC's Cristobal Iyan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Tierra del Fuego FC defense, Tobias Bonifaco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristobal Iyan. The Tierra del Fuego FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristobal Iyan should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Arnulfo Restu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristobal Iyan was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. A collision led to Tierra del Fuego FC getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Benito Mino hit a great ball. In the 90th minute Celso Otsoko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amador Mateus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 92nd minute Ivan Domenec shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amador Mateus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.