U18 World League

La Ciudadela
Spectators: 7684 (Terracing: 5764, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Humberto Magalhães got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the San Martin de Tucuman defense, Cristóvão Gerber kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabricio Steven. The San Martin de Tucuman fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabricio Steven should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Humberto Magalhães in the 6th 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 8 minutes of play, UPTEXTIL.COM's Humberto Magalhães made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabricio Steven was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cristóvão Gerber took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fabricio Steven. Fabricio Steven dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. 17 minutes into the match, Cristóvão Gerber notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of San Martin de Tucuman's Fabricio Steven. Fabricio Steven was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leonel Meira in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fabricio Steven saved San Martin de Tucuman from getting behind. After 25 minutes, Edgard Catarinense made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. San Martin de Tucuman's Fabricio Steven tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Fabricio Steven made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Meira in the 35th minute of play. Edgard Catarinense's late challenge caught a San Martin de Tucuman's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edgard Catarinense helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, UPTEXTIL.COM's Edgard Catarinense got a free kick in the 39th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Maicon Veloso during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 42 played minutes UPTEXTIL.COM got a freekick which was hit by Maicon Veloso. In the 44th match minute, UPTEXTIL.COM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Mello to maneuver through the defense. After 46 played minutes UPTEXTIL.COM got a freekick which was hit by Edgard Catarinense.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Esteban Bitxintxo was the one to do the kick off. In the 50th match minute, San Martin de Tucuman was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Esteban Bitxintxo to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the San Martin de Tucuman defense, Leonel Meira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabricio Steven. The San Martin de Tucuman fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabricio Steven should have stopped the shot. Cristóvão Gerber received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Fabricio Steven tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 64th match minute, San Martin de Tucuman was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celedonio Peruxu to maneuver through the defense. Fabricio Steven didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Humberto Magalhães went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. In the 69th match minute, UPTEXTIL.COM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Mello to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herminio Iyan in the 70th minute of play forced UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st match minute, UPTEXTIL.COM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Mello to maneuver through the defense. San Martin de Tucuman's Siro Barrionuevo was substituted for Raimundo Meder. Juan Mello hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Alfonso Weather fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho having to interfere. The supporters of San Martin de Tucuman booed when UPTEXTIL.COM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristóvão Gerber didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Jonathan Victoro fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored San Martin de Tucuman's protests and gave Jonathan Victoro a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, San Martin de Tucuman's Jonathan Victoro got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 82nd minute, Claudinei Botelho 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. After 87 minutes, Herminio Iyan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the San Martin de Tucuman and the UPTEXTIL.COM players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of UPTEXTIL.COM booed when San Martin de Tucuman was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Herminio Iyan didn't get a good kick on the ball. San Martin de Tucuman's Fabricio Steven proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save San Martin de Tucuman from getting a goal against them. UPTEXTIL.COM played a much better game than San Martin de Tucuman and deserved their victory. The San Martin de Tucuman players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.