U23 League

Estadio 15 de Abril
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when German Lia got the match started through his kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Rodolfo Cordarin in the 5th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s Benedicto Marz. Silvestre Cuartio charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Silvestre Cuartio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Silvestre Cuartio hit a great ball. Dave Cole showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anak Junior, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Conrado Ferrer was slow to take the kick. During this time C A U's players had a chance to rest. Feliberto Gonsalvo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from German Lia in the 15th minute of the match. In the 16th minute of the match ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ got a corner. C A U's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Exequiel Zeballos ran over to the corner to take the kick. Exequiel Zeballos made a great header on ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s corner, it was just that C A U's Feliberto Gonsalvo managed to reach the ball for a save. Dave Cole made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anak Junior in the 18th minute of play. Anak Junior scored 1-0 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dave Cole, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 32 minutes into the game, ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s German Lia nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Feliberto Gonsalvo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anak Junior in the 36th minute of play forced ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s goalkeeper Dave Cole to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C A U's Conrado Ferrer was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dave Cole in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Dave Cole showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anak Junior, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ made a substitution. Anselmo Millano replaced Exequiel Zeballos. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Anak Junior made a kick off. After 52 played minutes C A U got a freekick which was hit by Nico González. Feliberto Gonsalvo acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 53rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Ermanno Cinalli. Anak Junior sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anak Junior in the 56th minute of play forced ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s goalkeeper Dave Cole to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute, Korhan Türkol ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Feliberto Gonsalvo was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. C A U made a substitution. Bernabe Gartzen replaced Conrado Ferrer. C A U's Eliseo Hurko was substituted for Ceferino Hever. In the 64th match minute, ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Apolo Brais to maneuver through the defense. C A U's Lucas Barcelos was substituted for Anak Junior. C A U's Lucas Barcelos got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Barcelos in the 68th minute of play forced ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡'s goalkeeper Dave Cole to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to C A U getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Nico González hit a great ball. Korhan Türkol could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Feliberto Gonsalvo made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Korhan Türkol got free with Feliberto Gonsalvo in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 74th minute, Ermanno Cinalli 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. In the 77th minute German Lia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Gonsalvo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by German Lia in the 79th minute of play forced C A U's goalkeeper Feliberto Gonsalvo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Eliseo Furman in the 80th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by C A U's Rodolfo Cordarin. Dave Cole stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lucas Barcelos's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. Dave Cole showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucas Barcelos, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 93rd minute, Korhan Türkol left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. If German Lia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ≡≡ SOMOS ARGENTINA ≡≡ would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.