U23 League

Lusail
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The supporters of La Scaloneta booed when Tetes Titans was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Florentino Sansone didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Tetes Titans getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Eulalio Inocente hit a great ball. Tetes Titans's David Cucao proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Tetes Titans from getting a goal against them. 17 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goal looked a bit too open when Eulalio Abascal came free, but Dibag Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goal looked a bit too open when Eulalio Abascal came free, but Dibag Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Ángel-Fabián Di María had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dibag Martinez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eulalio Abascal, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Gustavo Loren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dibag Martinez having to interfere. After some careless play in the Tetes Titans defense, Guillermo Iago kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Cucao. The Tetes Titans fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Cucao should have stopped the shot. In the 41st minute, Oscar Reno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ángel-Fabián Di María, 42 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 44th minute of the match, Ángel-Fabián Di María tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but David Cucao saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a defensive mix-up in Tetes Titans's zone, Lion Messi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. David Cucao came out of the goal and Lion Messi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lion Messi to make the kick off. Tetes Titans's David Cucao played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ángel-Fabián Di María in the 56th minute of play. David Cucao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lion Messi, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. David Cucao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ángel-Fabián Di María in the 59th minute of play. David Cucao came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by La Scaloneta's Lion Messi. But to his dismay, Lion Messi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Justo Aguirre during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to La Scaloneta getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Justo Aguirre hit a great ball. Dibag Martinez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Placido Tomi, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. In the 70th minute, Placido Tomi made a precise shot to the right of Dibag Martinez. La Scaloneta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Lion Messi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without David Cucao having to make a save. David Cucao took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guillermo Iago, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute, Guillermo Iago left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Scaloneta fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. David Cucao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodri De Paul, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. After 87 played minutes La Scaloneta got a freekick which was hit by Justo Aguirre. David Cucao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ángel-Fabián Di María in the 91st minute of the match. After 92 minutes of play, La Scaloneta's Guillermo Iago made it 6-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. David Cucao was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Guillermo Iago in the 97th minute of play forced Tetes Titans's goalkeeper David Cucao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee ended the match the La Scaloneta players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.