U21 World League

Estadio Monumental
Spectators: 7567 (Terracing: 5676, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aaron Fertus got the match started through his kick off. 8 minutes into the game, Alfredo Gaizkine cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Carolo Sasoin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Alfredo Gaizkine received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Carolo Sasoin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alfredo Gaizkine recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Nueva Lepra FC getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Simon Laurentzi hit a great ball. Silvio Grabiel came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by ToCoTaN FC's Guido Confesor. But to his dismay, Guido Confesor quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. 24 minutes into the game, Florentino Batista lined in a short shot 2-1 behind a frustrated Silvio Grabiel. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eustacio Nevada in the 27th minute of play forced Nueva Lepra FC's goalkeeper Silvio Grabiel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the game, Florentino Batista cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Silvio Grabiel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Eustacio Nevada's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Silvio Grabiel was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. In the 33rd minute, Remigio Gabrio 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. A collision led to ToCoTaN FC getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Eustacio Nevada hit a great ball. Silvio Grabiel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Guido Confesor in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Florentino Batista stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alfredo Gaizkine's late challenge caught a ToCoTaN FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfredo Gaizkine helped the player get up and apologised. After 56 played minutes Nueva Lepra FC got a freekick which was hit by Alfredo Gaizkine. Nueva Lepra FC's Silvio Grabiel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guido Confesor in the 59th minute of play. The supporters of Nueva Lepra FC booed when ToCoTaN FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benedicto Danel didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 74th match minute, ToCoTaN FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benedicto Danel to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florentino Batista in the 76th minute of play forced Nueva Lepra FC's goalkeeper Silvio Grabiel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nueva Lepra FC's Remigio Gabrio suffered a concussion in the 77th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Diego Handi's late challenge caught a Nueva Lepra FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diego Handi helped the player get up and apologised. Diego Handi hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Nueva Lepra FC's Silvio Grabiel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guido Confesor in the 81st minute of play. Silvio Grabiel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florentino Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Fernando Bibiano hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. After 89 minutes, Remigio Reyes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nueva Lepra FC and the ToCoTaN FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 89th minute, Remigio Reyes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eustacio Nevada fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silvio Grabiel having to interfere. ToCoTaN FC's Carolo Sasoin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save ToCoTaN FC from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in ToCoTaN FC's zone, Ciro Fortun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carolo Sasoin came out of the goal and Ciro Fortun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nueva Lepra FC's Ciro Fortun got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. ToCoTaN FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.