U23 World League

La Polvera de Boca
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Rudy Trotter made the kick off and thus started the match. Creekers's Tommy Bland proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Creekers from getting a goal against them. Tommy Bland made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hilario Mikeldi in the 5th minute. After 8 minutes, Gary Gamble mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Creekers and the El Retorno de Palermo players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of El Retorno de Palermo booed when Creekers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kip Connelly didn't get a good kick on the ball. El Retorno de Palermo's Gerardo Oalo suffered a concussion after 12 minutes and had to leave the field. El Retorno de Palermo made a substitution. Osvaldo Tiniebra replaced Gerardo Oalo. The supporters of El Retorno de Palermo booed when Creekers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kip Connelly didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 15thth minute of the game Angelino Bernard who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Creekers's Tommy Bland was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 16th match minute, Creekers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Willard Dubois to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Creekers getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Emerson Higgins hit a great ball. Tommy Bland didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Osvaldo Tiniebra went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. The supporters of Creekers booed when El Retorno de Palermo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hilario Mikeldi didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Creekers's Willard Dubois got a free kick in the 35th minute. Hilario Mikeldi took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tommy Bland. Tommy Bland dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Omar Canor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Tommy Bland tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Rudy Trotter got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Tommy Bland took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Osvaldo Tiniebra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Rudy Trotter's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Filiberto Fidele was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Angelino Bernard was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Emmanuel Yeager was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Creekers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Retorno de Palermo the free kick. Emmanuel Yeager hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. 57 minutes into the game, El Retorno de Palermo's Osvaldo Tiniebra nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tommy Bland made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Hilario Mikeldi hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rudy Trotter got free with Filiberto Fidele in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Creekers getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Alfred Crowder hit a great ball. In the 65th minute, Aaron Cebo sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Creekers's Tommy Bland didn't even have to move. Tommy Bland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Osvaldo Tiniebra in the 66th minute of play. With a little luck, El Retorno de Palermo's Filiberto Fidele got control of the ball when Kip Connelly tried to sneak it across the goal line. 68 minutes into the match, Creekers's goal looked a bit too open when Osvaldo Tiniebra came free, but Tommy Bland reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, Creekers's goal looked a bit too open when Angelino Bernard came free, but Tommy Bland reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hilario Mikeldi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Bland having to interfere. If Rudy Trotter had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Creekers's Tommy Bland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Osvaldo Tiniebra in the 88th minute of play. In the 90th minute Osvaldo Tiniebra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Bland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Osvaldo Tiniebra during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Creekers booed when El Retorno de Palermo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Osvaldo Tiniebra didn't get a good kick on the ball. El Retorno de Palermo's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.