U23 World League

Gran Parque Central
Spectators: 8469 (Terracing: 6353, Seating: 1947, VIP seats: 169) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edmondo Pittelli got the match started through his kick off. Nacional's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Maurinho Arruda in the 4th minute. After taking down the ball on Nacional's corner Luciano Inverso fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Cătălin Ioanițiu quite easily take care of the ball. After a rather tough play, Nacional's Gonzalo Carneiro got a free kick in the 6th minute. The supporters of Nacional booed when Santoryu FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camillo De Lucia didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14th minute, Gonzalo Carneiro made a precise shot to the right of Cătălin Ioanițiu. Santoryu FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After 17 played minutes Santoryu FC got a freekick which was hit by Alfredo Paganelli. Cătălin Ioanițiu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gonzalo Carneiro in the 22nd minute of the match. Hugo Araya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Grzelak in the 23rd minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Edmondo Pittelli put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Hugo Araya. In the 29th minute, Aurelio Martorella ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hugo Araya was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Nacional's Hugo Araya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aurelio Martorella in the 35th minute of play. Nacional's Hugo Araya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aurelio Martorella in the 41st minute of play. Joey Real kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Camillo De Lucia kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Cătălin Ioanițiu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gonzalo Carneiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gonzalo Carneiro to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Gonzalo Carneiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cătălin Ioanițiu was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Gonzalo Carneiro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cătălin Ioanițiu having to make a save. 57 minutes into the match, Santoryu FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gonzalo Carneiro came free, but Cătălin Ioanițiu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Santoryu FC getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Andrea Mastrangelo hit a great ball. Cătălin Ioanițiu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurinho Arruda in the 60th minute of the match. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Antoni Poteralski advanced and headed the ball into goal, 2-2 in the 65th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Edmondo Pittelli could shoot a difficult shot in the 68th minute, which Hugo Araya however easily saved by the left post. Santoryu FC's Cătălin Ioanițiu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonzalo Carneiro in the 70th minute of play. Cătălin Ioanițiu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gonzalo Carneiro in the 75th minute of the match. After having played for 77 minutes, Gonzalo Carneiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nacional's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gonzalo Carneiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Gonzalo Carneiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cătălin Ioanițiu was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gonzalo Carneiro in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cătălin Ioanițiu saved Santoryu FC from getting behind. Nacional's Gonzalo Carneiro got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cătălin Ioanițiu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luciano Inverso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luciano Inverso scored 3-2 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cătălin Ioanițiu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Santoryu FC defense, Gonzalo Carneiro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cătălin Ioanițiu. The Santoryu FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cătălin Ioanițiu should have stopped the shot. For all the effort they put into the match, the Santoryu FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Nacional.