U21 World League

Campus Saucache
Spectators: 7727 (Terracing: 5796, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bernardo Reali made the kick off which started today's match. Xalvador Quijada hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, U. de Tarapacá's Sobah Zorrilla got a free kick in the 4th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Reali in the 6th minute of play forced U. de Tarapacá's goalkeeper Kåre Nochev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amedeo Ruggeri struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Kåre Nochev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Farafulla FC. Alessandro Mazzetti took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kåre Nochev. Kåre Nochev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 20th minute, Ermanno Della Francesca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Ramiro Pulgar took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Dave Valeriani to make any attempt to save it. Anfilogino Benvenuto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 34 played minutes U. de Tarapacá got a freekick which was hit by Blanco Paris. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramiro Pulgar in the 36th minute of play forced Farafulla FC's goalkeeper Dave Valeriani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kåre Nochev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardo Reali in the 44th minute of the match. When Farafulla FC's Bernardo Reali in the 44th minute got a chance for a shot 44th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U. de Tarapacá's goalie prevented a goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ramiro Pulgar to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramiro Pulgar in the 53rd minute of play forced Farafulla FC's goalkeeper Dave Valeriani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 54 minutes into the game, U. de Tarapacá's Blanco Paris nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dave Valeriani made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Dave Valeriani came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by U. de Tarapacá's Blanco Paris. But to his dismay, Blanco Paris quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Dave Valeriani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alam Brito in the 63rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ramiro Pulgar in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dave Valeriani prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ramiro Pulgar's late challenge caught a Farafulla FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ramiro Pulgar helped the player get up and apologised. Ramiro Pulgar hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. U. de Tarapacá's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Anfilogino Benvenuto 69 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 3-2. Alfredo Saralegui kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. With a little luck, U. de Tarapacá's Kåre Nochev got control of the ball when Alessandro Mazzetti tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 75th minute Alessandro Mazzetti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kåre Nochev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 78 minutes of play, U. de Tarapacá's Alam Brito made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dave Valeriani was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Farafulla FC getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Arrigo Caroli hit a great ball. After 85 played minutes U. de Tarapacá got a freekick which was hit by Paulín Jurado. Blanco Paris took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dave Valeriani. Dave Valeriani dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-2. Alam Brito struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Dave Valeriani didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U. de Tarapacá. Bernardo Reali hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. Farafulla FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.