U23 World League

Diego A. Maradona
Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Henrique Antunes started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Coice de Mula booed when SAN MARTIN F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jairo Ritchie didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hílton de Toledo in the 9th minute of play forced SAN MARTIN F.C.'s goalkeeper Maximiliano Astudillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maximiliano Astudillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrique Antunes, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Simon Canor took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Thibault Mamardashvili. Thibault Mamardashvili dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Thibault Mamardashvili showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Roland in the 26th minute of the match. After 26 minutes, Joel Rezende mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Coice de Mula and the SAN MARTIN F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Coice de Mula getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Joel Rezende hit a great ball. A collision led to Coice de Mula getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Henrique Antunes hit a great ball. After 48 minutes of play, Coice de Mula's Henrique Antunes made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maximiliano Astudillo was left in no man's land by his defense there!

After 57 minutes of play, Coice de Mula's Hílton de Toledo made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maximiliano Astudillo was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 66th minute Hílton de Toledo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maximiliano Astudillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Coice de Mula's Richard Senna in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SAN MARTIN F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Maximiliano Astudillo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hílton de Toledo's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. 84 minutes into the match, SAN MARTIN F.C.'s goalkeeper Maximiliano Astudillo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Henrique Antunes. Maximiliano Astudillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hílton de Toledo, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. In the 95th minute, Abelardo Roland hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Richard Senna was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 97th minute. Coice de Mula's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. When the match was over Coice de Mula could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than SAN MARTIN F.C. throughout the match.