U23 World League

Pepsi Stadium
Spectators: 7567 (Terracing: 5676, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) Pepsi Fuchibol Clu's César Melgarejo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Claudio Senio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from César Melgarejo in the 18th minute of play. In the 20th match minute, Pepsi Fuchibol Clu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Etcheverry to maneuver through the defense. Pepsi Fuchibol Clu's Israel Peña played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geronimo Beti in the 20th minute of play. In the 24th minute, Pepsi Fuchibol Clu's Jorge Abar ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Claudio Senio. Claudio Senio yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. The audience was convinced that César Melgarejo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Claudio Senio was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Hugo Medardo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Villa Mitre City's supporters rose to their feet, but Hugo Medardo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Israel Peña breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Matias Corral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Pepsi Fuchibol Clu defense, Matias Corral kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Israel Peña. The Pepsi Fuchibol Clu fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Israel Peña should have stopped the shot. In the 40th minute, Matias Corral got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jorge Abar got free with Claudio Senio in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 44 minutes of play, Villa Mitre City's Aldo Qwinton made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Israel Peña was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matias Corral to make the kick off. César Melgarejo's late challenge caught a Villa Mitre City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. César Melgarejo helped the player get up and apologised. César Melgarejo kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Claudio Senio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Abar in the 59th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Villa Mitre City's goal looked a bit too open when Jorge Abar came free, but Claudio Senio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Villa Mitre City's Claudio Senio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by César Melgarejo in the 77th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Aldo Qwinton took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Israel Peña to make any attempt to save it. Israel Peña made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Aldo Qwinton sent off a good shot on target. After 90 played minutes, Pepsi Fuchibol Clu's Ferdinand Abajas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Claudio Senio came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Pepsi Fuchibol Clu reached it. Ferdinand Abajas got a throw-in 92 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Jorge Abar. Claudio Senio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ordono Abaurre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.