U21 World League

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Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Fabrício Mesquita started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Gaspar Cibran made in the 7th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Marcelo Oro immediately put the ball in play. Davi Coutinho kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Manuel Henry was slow to take the kick. During this time Independiente's players had a chance to rest. Gabriel Turi might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Severino Herena. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gabriel Turi ran back to his position shaking his head. Independiente's Severino Herena played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabrício Mesquita in the 15th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Valentin Nicholas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Severino Herena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabrício Mesquita in the 20th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 22 minutes, Tautvydas Mickevičius successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Tautvydas Mickevičius proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA from getting a goal against them. Davi Coutinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Severino Herena having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabrício Mesquita in the 32nd minute of play forced Independiente's goalkeeper Severino Herena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the match, Independiente's goal looked a bit too open when Fabrício Mesquita came free, but Severino Herena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 35 played minutes ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA got a freekick which was hit by Valentin Nicholas. Constantino Quinton kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Primitivo Duarte received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tautvydas Mickevičius came out and tried to block the shot, but Primitivo Duarte slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 39th minute. In the 43rd minute of the match, Primitivo Duarte got a very nice opportunity to score, but Tautvydas Mickevičius was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 45 minutes, Primitivo Duarte mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Independiente and the ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA booed when Independiente was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Primitivo Duarte didn't get a good kick on the ball. 46 minutes into the game, Gaspar Cibran was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Independiente's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA the free kick. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Primitivo Duarte was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute the ball was on its way in behind ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's goalkeeper Tautvydas Mickevičius, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tautvydas Mickevičius took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Primitivo Duarte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gaudencio Harri hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Fabrício Mesquita let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 65th minute shot 1-1 at rihgt post. In the 67th minute, Gaspar Cibran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nunez Gartzi charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nunez Gartzi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 71 played minutes Independiente got a freekick which was hit by Nunez Gartzi. After a rather tough play, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Omar Erez got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Gabriel Turi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80th minute Fabrício Mesquita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severino Herena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Fabrício Mesquita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Severino Herena was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Fabrício Mesquita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th minute, Gabriel Turi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Independiente from taking control. The game ends in a draw.