U21 World League

Merengues Aires Puro
Spectators: 8139 (Terracing: 6105, Seating: 1872, VIP seats: 162) LA LUZ F.C.'s Gonzalo Carneiro 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. Luís Mejía stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Enrique Monte's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. In the 12th minute of the match, Luís Artime tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Justo Dino saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Isidoro Cañon hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the LA LUZ F.C. defense, Hamodi Kareef kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Mejía. The LA LUZ F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Mejía should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Enrique Monte's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luís Mejía was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Luís Mejía made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enrique Monte in the 33rd minute of play. After 35 minutes, Gualterio Quilo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the LA LUZ F.C. and the αѕαɗо γ ςαвεʀηετ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gualterio Quilo kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Tiburcio Lidon kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Hamodi Kareef sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 43 minutes into the match, Enrique Monte had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luís Mejía. LA LUZ F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Enrique Monte was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Vinicio Urbasa's late challenge caught a LA LUZ F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vinicio Urbasa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th minute, Vinicio Urbasa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The LA LUZ F.C. players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. αѕαɗо γ ςαвεʀηετ were winning 0-2.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamodi Kareef in the 66th minute of play forced LA LUZ F.C.'s goalkeeper Luís Mejía to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luís Mejía didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Enrique Monte went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. In the 75th minute of the match, Enrique Monte tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Luís Mejía saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 76th minute, Celestino Katia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st match minute, LA LUZ F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celestino Katia to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of αѕαɗо γ ςαвεʀηετ booed when LA LUZ F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tiburcio Lidon didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute of the match αѕαɗо γ ςαвεʀηετ got a corner. LA LUZ F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ke Fan Ting ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ke Fan Ting made a great header on αѕαɗо γ ςαвεʀηετ's corner, it was just that LA LUZ F.C.'s Luís Mejía managed to reach the ball for a save. After a rather tough play, αѕαɗо γ ςαвεʀηετ's Maximo Lico got a free kick in the 92nd minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched αѕαɗо γ ςαвεʀηετ eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.