U21 World League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 7454 (Terracing: 5591, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Filomeno Arano started the match with the kick off. Angelino Raulo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicanor Costante, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Pascual Prejun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fermin Lucero in the 5th minute of the match. Angelino Raulo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Faustino Ralondo in the 14th minute of play. In the 14th match minute, Italia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Braulio Nalo to maneuver through the defense. La Zabaleta's Angelino Raulo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Faustino Ralondo in the 20th minute of play. In the 22nd minute Italia were awarded a corner. Sebastian Vistruario went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Sebastian Vistruario almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but La Zabaleta's Angelino Raulo did a great save. After some careless play in the La Zabaleta defense, Braulio Nalo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Angelino Raulo. The La Zabaleta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Angelino Raulo should have stopped the shot. Mauro Jon might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Angelino Raulo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mauro Jon ran back to his position shaking his head. After 37 played minutes Italia got a freekick which was hit by Dionisio Peruxu. In the 43rd minute, Braulio Nalo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the La Zabaleta defense, Braulio Nalo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Angelino Raulo. The La Zabaleta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Angelino Raulo should have stopped the shot. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Mauricio Christobal hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. 55 minutes into the match, La Zabaleta's Aureliano Franco broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Angelino Raulo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicanor Costante, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Italia fans' excitement grew in the 61st match minute when Italia's Faustino Ralondo looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Angelino Raulo acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 65th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Dionisio Peruxu. With a little luck, La Zabaleta's Angelino Raulo got control of the ball when Mauro Jon tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the La Zabaleta defense, Mauro Jon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Angelino Raulo. The La Zabaleta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Angelino Raulo should have stopped the shot. In the 71st minute, Mauro Jon left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. Italia's Mauro Jon got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aureliano Franco kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. 79 minutes into the game, Braulio Nalo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Angelino Raulo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The throw-in from Nicanor Costante in the 85th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by La Zabaleta's Mateo Blanco. In the 88th minute, Faustino Ralondo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Angelino Raulo. The goal made the score 0-8. After 93 played minutes Italia got a freekick which was hit by Eulalio Lon. In the 94th minute of the match Aureliano Franco shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pascual Prejun showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Italia's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.