U21 World League

Nueva Roma
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Feliberto Manuelo made the kick off which started today's match. René Higuita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin-Daniel Palermo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. René Higuita came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Lengua de Lobo's Martin-Daniel Palermo. But to his dismay, Martin-Daniel Palermo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. 11 minutes into the match, Kaplan's goalkeeper René Higuita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Feliberto Manuelo. Feliberto Manuelo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. René Higuita came out and tried to block the shot, but Feliberto Manuelo slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 11th minute. Lengua de Lobo's Agustin Rossi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Serafin Froylan in the 16th minute of play. René Higuita made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Guillermo Barros Schelloto sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafin Froylan in the 22nd minute of play forced Lengua de Lobo's goalkeeper Agustin Rossi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 25 minutes, Feliberto Manuelo made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Kaplan's René Higuita tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Feliberto Manuelo got free with René Higuita in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Feliberto Manuelo got free with René Higuita in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. René Higuita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Feliberto Manuelo in the 45th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lucio Soin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lengua de Lobo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Martin-Daniel Palermo in the 54th minute. In the 58th minute Feliberto Manuelo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but René Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. René Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin-Daniel Palermo, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. The supporters of Lengua de Lobo booed when Kaplan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mauricio Cordera didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafin Froylan in the 69th minute of play forced Lengua de Lobo's goalkeeper Agustin Rossi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 74 minutes into the match, Lengua de Lobo's goalkeeper Agustin Rossi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Narciso Eriz. Feliberto Manuelo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 79th match minute, Lengua de Lobo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Feliberto Manuelo to maneuver through the defense. If Feliberto Manuelo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 95th minute of the match Martin-Daniel Palermo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but René Higuita showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.