U23 World League

A Cruz - ORROS
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Andrei Gil took the kick off in the first half of the match. Emanuel Araoz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonardo Romani having to interfere. 8 minutes into the game, Emanuel Araoz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Leonardo Romani was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 15 minutes of play, Albiceleste F.C.'s Virgilio Romildo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonardo Romani was left in no man's land by his defense there! Leonardo Romani came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Albiceleste F.C.'s Virgilio Romildo. But to his dismay, Virgilio Romildo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Club Deportivo O IRIXO's Leonardo Romani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Virgilio Romildo in the 22nd minute of play. Josu Pabon hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Club Deportivo O IRIXO defense, Virgilio Romildo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leonardo Romani. The Club Deportivo O IRIXO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leonardo Romani should have stopped the shot. After 31 played minutes Albiceleste F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Tobias Mino. Tobias Mino scored 0-5 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leonardo Romani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nestor Nabar kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Leonardo Romani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Virgilio Romildo in the 39th minute of the match. Leonardo Romani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Virgilio Romildo, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The Club Deportivo O IRIXO players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Albiceleste F.C. were winning 0-5.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Virgilio Romildo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 played minutes Club Deportivo O IRIXO got a freekick which was hit by Lander Solana. The long shot by Maximiliano Quilino in the 54th minute really tested Leonardo Romani's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Higinio Fix hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Clemente Artizar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrei Gil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Virgilio Romildo succeeded in the game's 59th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-6. The audience thought a goal was coming when Virgilio Romildo got free with Leonardo Romani in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 67 minutes into the match, Tobias Mino notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Club Deportivo O IRIXO's Leonardo Romani. Leonardo Romani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Pello Cameno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Clemente Artizar having to interfere. After some careless play in the Club Deportivo O IRIXO defense, Virgilio Romildo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leonardo Romani. The Club Deportivo O IRIXO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leonardo Romani should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Tobias Mino kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Leonardo Romani. That made the score 0-9 in the 77 minute of play. Leonardo Romani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Virgilio Romildo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leonardo Romani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Araoz in the 92nd minute of play. 1-10 became the score in the 94th minute when Pello Cameno elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Albiceleste F.C.'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.