U18 World League

La Ciudadela
Spectators: 7680 (Terracing: 5761, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Esteban Bitxintxo made the kick off which started today's match. Alfredo Eguerdi's late challenge caught a Talcampeón FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfredo Eguerdi helped the player get up and apologised. Alfredo Eguerdi kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. A collision led to Talcampeón FC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Luciano Rosende hit a great ball. In the 8th minute, Victorino Servando hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabricio Steven came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Talcampeón FC's Amado Raineri. But to his dismay, Amado Raineri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to Talcampeón FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Roberto Larraguibel hit a great ball. Sandro Asenjo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victorino Servando in the 13th minute of play. After 14 played minutes Talcampeón FC got a freekick which was hit by Cosme Mella. Alfredo Eguerdi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Sandro Asenjo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 27 minutes into the match, Alfredo Eguerdi dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Sandro Asenjo, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roberto Larraguibel in the 39th minute of play forced San Martin de Tucuman's goalkeeper Fabricio Steven to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Talcampeón FC's Cornelio Marcou got a free kick in the 44th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Fabricio Steven took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roberto Larraguibel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute, Alfonso Weather left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The San Martin de Tucuman fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. San Martin de Tucuman made a substitution. Raimundo Meder replaced Esteban Bitxintxo. Alfredo Eguerdi hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Alfredo Eguerdi kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raimundo Meder in the 78th minute of play forced Talcampeón FC's goalkeeper Sandro Asenjo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Roberto Larraguibel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabricio Steven. San Martin de Tucuman's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Roberto Larraguibel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Talcampeón FC's Sandro Asenjo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raimundo Meder in the 83rd minute of play. Talcampeón FC's Sandro Asenjo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Siro Barrionuevo in the 88th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Talcampeón FC's Roberto Larraguibel got a free kick in the 93rd minute. San Martin de Tucuman were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.