U23 World League

Estadio Pucarani
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jose Warnes took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ruperto Bettini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timofey Naumenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 9th minute, Domenico Wilkenson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Jonatán Escalona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonatán Escalona blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Yan Kapchenko having to make a save. Yan Kapchenko made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Jonatán Escalona sent off a good shot on target. Roberto Gibbs hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. After 23 played minutes Tuareg got a freekick which was hit by Timur Manilov. When Timofey Naumenko fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tuareg's protests and gave Timofey Naumenko a yellow card for diving instead. In the 26th match minute, Tuareg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timur Manilov to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Tuareg's Yakov Kalitvintsev got a free kick in the 28th minute. Jose Warnes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yan Kapchenko having to interfere. In the 34th minute, Demyan Kalitinskiy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tuareg fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Yan Kapchenko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jonatán Escalona in the 43rd minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Timofey Naumenko made a kick off. In the 53rd minute, Timur Manilov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ruperto Bettini was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. In the 58th minute Jonatán Escalona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yan Kapchenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, Tuareg's goal looked a bit too open when Jonatán Escalona came free, but Yan Kapchenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yan Kapchenko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentino Argandoña, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonatán Escalona in the 70th minute of play forced Tuareg's goalkeeper Yan Kapchenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 70 minutes, Klim Dolgolaptev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tuareg and the LA 90 DE HUGO players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tuareg's Mikhail Vorobiev was substituted for Timur Manilov. In the 72nd match minute, Tuareg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Klim Dolgolaptev to maneuver through the defense. Jonatán Escalona struck a weak shot in the 73rd minute. Yan Kapchenko didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for LA 90 DE HUGO. Klim Dolgolaptev hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 78th minute Jose Warnes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yan Kapchenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roberto Gibbs charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roberto Gibbs the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In a very dangerous position, a player in LA 90 DE HUGO fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 81st minute. Penalty! After 82 minutes LA 90 DE HUGO's goalkeeper Ruperto Bettini managed, with a little bit of luck, save Demyan Kalitinskiy's penalty, on his right side after a tricky shot. In the 82nd minute, Tuareg's Demyan Kalitinskiy dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. If Jose Warnes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Denis Ivanov got free with Ruperto Bettini in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Klim Shatalov made in the 94th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Klim Dolgolaptev however managed to control. When the final whistle sounded Tuareg left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than LA 90 DE HUGO.