U23 World League

Monumental Iriza
Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5583, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abelardo Roland started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd match minute, SAN MARTIN F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Cordera to maneuver through the defense. After 6 played minutes INTER de Córdoba got a freekick which was hit by Uriel Hever. If Jairo Ritchie had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 8th minute, Laureano Acevedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aquiles Erruki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Roland in the 13th minute of the match. 15 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when SAN MARTIN F.C.'s Rigoberto Firmo fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. In the 17th minute, Manuel Cordera made a precise shot to the right of Aquiles Erruki. INTER de Córdoba's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Jairo Ritchie sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aquiles Erruki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Cordera in the 23rd minute of the match. Aquiles Erruki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Cordera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Simon Canor came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the SAN MARTIN F.C. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Simon Canor couldn't finish the play. The supporters of INTER de Córdoba booed when SAN MARTIN F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alejandro Mendebal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Guido Christobal's late challenge caught a SAN MARTIN F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guido Christobal helped the player get up and apologised. Guido Christobal kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Jairo Ritchie sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 48 minutes, Manuel Cordera managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SAN MARTIN F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Manuel Cordera was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Maximiliano Astudillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lisandro Guter in the 57th minute of the match. In the 60th match minute, INTER de Córdoba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Esteve Harkaitz to maneuver through the defense. Aquiles Erruki was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Abelardo Roland showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 62 minute of play. When Abelardo Roland came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the SAN MARTIN F.C. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Abelardo Roland couldn't finish the play. Abelardo Roland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Uriel Hever hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. In the 79th minute Abelardo Roland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aquiles Erruki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aquiles Erruki made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Manuel Cordera sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as SAN MARTIN F.C.'s Simon Canor slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Aquiles Erruki. That made the score 0-5 after 82 minutes of play. Uriel Hever hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. 0-6 became the score in the 87th minute when Abelardo Roland elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Maximiliano Astudillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lisandro Guter in the 98th minute of the match. SAN MARTIN F.C.'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.