U23 World League

Uspallata
Spectators: 7692 (Terracing: 5770, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Benjamin De Mitri took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a little luck, JFSP's Kléberson Laguna got control of the ball when Benjamin De Mitri tried to sneak it across the goal line. Benjamin Navarro's late challenge caught a JFSP's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Benjamin Navarro helped the player get up and apologised. After 5 played minutes Nippur de Lagash 2 got a freekick which was hit by Benjamin Navarro. After a rather tough play, Nippur de Lagash 2's Reynaldo De Mitri got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 7th minute of the match Rubinho Zanette sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonathan De Mitri skillfully saved the ball. Benjamin De Mitri who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 9thth minute tested the skills of Kléberson Laguna when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A hard shot 9 in the game by Benjamin De Mitri from a close distance when the talented Kléberson Laguna managed to make a qualified save. JFSP's players were relieved. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benjamin De Mitri got free with Kléberson Laguna in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vambola Probach kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Nippur de Lagash 2's Leopoldo Gai got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 18th minute, Benedicto Hondo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ismael Neiva in the 19th minute of play forced Nippur de Lagash 2's goalkeeper Jonathan De Mitri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Nippur de Lagash 2's Leopoldo Gai got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Jeferson Aguiar made in the 28th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Rubinho Zanette. In the 33rd minute, Ismael Neiva made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan De Mitri. Nippur de Lagash 2's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Rubinho Zanette made in the 43rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Nippur de Lagash 2's Ulises Isusko. After 45 minutes of play, Nippur de Lagash 2's Benjamin De Mitri made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kléberson Laguna was left in no man's land by his defense there! Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zé Paulo de Souza to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Benedicto Hondo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kléberson Laguna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan De Mitri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vambola Probach in the 61st minute. Benedicto Hondo's late challenge caught a JFSP's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Benedicto Hondo helped the player get up and apologised. After 63 played minutes Nippur de Lagash 2 got a freekick which was hit by Benedicto Hondo. After 64 played minutes Nippur de Lagash 2 got a freekick which was hit by Leopoldo Gai. Zé Paulo de Souza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Jonathan De Mitri made a huge save. Nippur de Lagash 2 made a substitution. Osvaldo De Mitri replaced Ricardo Ihintza. Nippur de Lagash 2's Virgilio Emenon was substituted for Ulises Isusko. A collision led to Nippur de Lagash 2 getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Leopoldo Gai hit a great ball. Osvaldo De Mitri kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. In the 74th minute Ismael Neiva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan De Mitri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 76th minute, Nippur de Lagash 2's Reynaldo De Mitri seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Reynaldo De Mitri the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Nippur de Lagash 2 protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Reynaldo De Mitri had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Reynaldo De Mitri kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 81 minutes into the game, when Daniel Dalberg put in a rough tackle. The referee gave Nippur de Lagash 2 a penalty, 83 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Benjamin De Mitri, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of JFSP's Kléberson Laguna. 2-2. Jonathan De Mitri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edinson Gentenaar in the 86th minute. In the 98th minute, Jeferson Aguiar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kléberson Laguna made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin De Mitri in the 99th minute of play. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.