U18 World League

Tia Utis
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) La cancha de tu hermana's Santiago Odon 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. If Armando Villa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Romulo Eskuin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando Villa in the 11th minute of the match. Armando Villa might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Romulo Eskuin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Armando Villa ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 15th minute, Armando Villa 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. Alberto Olivar charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alberto Olivar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 22nd minute, Armando Villa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Acilia Town fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 25th minute Armando Villa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romulo Eskuin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Acilia Town's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bernardo Alleva in the 27th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Diego Rava in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Romulo Eskuin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Romulo Eskuin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Rava in the 35th minute of the match. Diego Rava kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Romulo Eskuin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Villa in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd match minute, Acilia Town was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniele De Meis to maneuver through the defense. The La cancha de tu hermana players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Acilia Town were winning 0-2.

Acilia Town's Arrigo Cirelli was substituted for Aurelio Mameli. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Armando Villa to make the kick off. Damiano Castagna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Conrado Serapio, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 54th minute, Conrado Serapio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La cancha de tu hermana fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After having played for 57 minutes, Armando Villa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Acilia Town's supporters crossed their fingers, but Armando Villa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. La cancha de tu hermana made a substitution. Emilio Ubendu replaced Alejandro Txema. Romulo Eskuin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Armando Villa went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. In the 64th minute, Armando Villa 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. Damiano Castagna took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Conrado Serapio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Romulo Eskuin didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 77th minute, which inside left pole to 1-4. Conrado Serapio's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Damiano Castagna read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Acilia Town's goalkeeper Damiano Castagna, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match was over Acilia Town could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than La cancha de tu hermana throughout the match.