U21 World League

Marcelo Gallardo
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Efrain Vilardell got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Yofré AFC's zone, Efrain Vilardell stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aaron Mero came out of the goal and Efrain Vilardell tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Herminio Blasco took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Bayındır Otay to make any attempt to save it. Efrain Vilardell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 19 minutes into the match, Yofré AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Efrain Vilardell came free, but Aaron Mero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bayındır Otay was a little too slow when Herminio Blasco got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 21st minute. The score was now 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herminio Blasco in the 23rd minute of play forced Atletico Maturrango's goalkeeper Bayındır Otay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute, Yofré AFC's Eleuterio Irrintzi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Bayındır Otay. Bayındır Otay yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. When Atletico Maturrango's Efrain Vilardell in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Yofré AFC's goalie prevented a goal. 34 minutes into the match, Yofré AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Efrain Vilardell came free, but Aaron Mero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yofré AFC were furious when Victor Bidun was red carded, 40 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 40th minute of the game. One of Yofré AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Atletico Maturrango:s goal. Dei Ibarlucea hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Eleuterio Irrintzi to strike the kick off in the second half. Bayındır Otay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eleuterio Irrintzi in the 54th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Efrain Vilardell in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aaron Mero prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Florencio Laurin tried in the 60th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Aaron Mero a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 3-2. 64 minutes into the match, Efrain Vilardell notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Yofré AFC's Aaron Mero. Aaron Mero was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 67 minutes, Efrain Vilardell managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Atletico Maturrango's supporters crossed their fingers, but Efrain Vilardell was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aaron Mero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Palomar in the 71st minute. The audience was convinced that Efrain Vilardell's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aaron Mero was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. In the 74th minute Atletico Maturrango were awarded a corner. Dei Ibarlucea went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Valentine Socobio almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Yofré AFC's Aaron Mero did a great save. Efrain Vilardell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aaron Mero having to interfere. Aaron Mero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valentine Socobio in the 78th minute. In the 82ndth minute of the game Efrain Vilardell who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Yofré AFC's Aaron Mero was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Efrain Vilardell might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aaron Mero. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Efrain Vilardell ran back to his position shaking his head. 84 minutes into the match, Yofré AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Efrain Vilardell came free, but Aaron Mero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rafael Sidoro made in the 85th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Bruno Cruz. Aaron Mero made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Efrain Vilardell sent off a good shot on target. Jacobo Hernandez charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jacobo Hernandez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 87 played minutes Yofré AFC got a freekick which was hit by Jacobo Hernandez. In the 92nd match minute, Atletico Maturrango was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Heinz-Gerd Divis to maneuver through the defense. Bayındır Otay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eleuterio Irrintzi in the 94th minute of the match.