U23 World League

Arena Cambotinha
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nicolas Alvarenga took the kick off in the first half of the match. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Angel Di Maria put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ernesto Montenegro. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Angel Di Maria in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ernesto Montenegro saved Cambotinha EC from getting behind. Ernesto Montenegro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angel Di Maria in the 12th minute of the match. Sporting de Gijón were awarded a corner in the 13th minute after Cambotinha EC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mauro Perez took the corner. 15 minutes into the match, Benigno Eriz notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Cambotinha EC's Ernesto Montenegro. Ernesto Montenegro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ernesto Montenegro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Angel Di Maria went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. In the 22nd minute, Angel Di Maria ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ernesto Montenegro was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. In the 24th minute, Angel Di Maria left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sporting de Gijón fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Ernesto Montenegro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Angel Di Maria's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. The audience was convinced that Angel Di Maria's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernesto Montenegro was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. In the 34th minute, Benigno Eriz made a precise shot to the right of Ernesto Montenegro. Cambotinha EC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. 41 minutes into the match, Sporting de Gijón's Wilfredo Etxahun sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ernesto Montenegro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ernesto Montenegro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Benigno Eriz's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. Disappointed in the 0-8 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Angel Di Maria stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Angel Di Maria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ernesto Montenegro having to interfere. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sporting de Gijón's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nicolas Alvarenga was slow to take the kick. During this time Cambotinha EC's players had a chance to rest. The referee felt a red card was in order, 58 minutes into the game, when Antônio Toledo put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 58th minute of the game. One of Cambotinha EC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Sporting de Gijón:s goal. Cambotinha EC's Ernesto Montenegro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Cambotinha EC from getting a goal against them. Benigno Eriz charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Benigno Eriz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Benigno Eriz kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Sporting de Gijón made a substitution. Omar Etor replaced Bonifacio Oliverio. Sporting de Gijón's Angelo Bertin was substituted for Benigno Eriz. In the 68th minute, Benigno Eriz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 69th minute, Norberto Iliana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 71st match minute, Sporting de Gijón was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Omar Etor to maneuver through the defense. Angel Di Maria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Angelo Bertin kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Sporting de Gijón's Celestino Illart got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 79th minute of the match Nicolas Alvarenga sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fausto George skillfully saved the ball. The audience was convinced that Angel Di Maria's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernesto Montenegro was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. The supporters of Sporting de Gijón booed when Cambotinha EC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcel Moreira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Angel Di Maria could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Ernesto Montenegro made a huge save. Ernesto Montenegro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Angel Di Maria in the 88th minute. In the 92nd minute, Mauro Perez fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Ernesto Montenegro, passed just outside the right post. Omar Etor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Ernesto Montenegro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 96 played minutes Cambotinha EC got a freekick which was hit by Marcel Moreira. Mauro Perez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ernesto Montenegro having to interfere. Sporting de Gijón's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.