U23 World League

Gigante de Arroyito
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Erubiel Tohias started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Norman Donnelly left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Recolta Alamor fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Norman Donnelly in the 8th minute of play forced Rosario Central's goalkeeper Fabricio Montel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Norman Donnelly had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 14 minutes Rosario Central's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luciano Cronshagen who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Rudy Alvarado heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 14th minute Rudy Alvarado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabricio Montel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fabricio Montel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Norman Donnelly's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. Fabricio Montel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norman Donnelly in the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute Theodore Cagle shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabricio Montel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th match minute, Recolta Alamor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stanton Boyce to maneuver through the defense. Chris Bateman scored 0-3 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabricio Montel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rosario Central's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luciano Cronshagen was slow to take the kick. During this time Recolta Alamor's players had a chance to rest. Recolta Alamor's Luciano Cronshagen was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fabricio Montel in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 36th minute Chris Bateman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabricio Montel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Norman Donnelly in the 38th minute of play forced Rosario Central's goalkeeper Fabricio Montel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Recolta Alamor's Norman Donnelly in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rosario Central's goalie prevented a goal. When Alonzo Jurdan fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rosario Central's protests and gave Alonzo Jurdan a yellow card for diving instead. Alonzo Jurdan kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Norman Donnelly in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fabricio Montel saved Rosario Central from getting behind. Theodore Cagle sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The wind increased when Norman Donnelly made the kick off in the second half. Norman Donnelly sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 55th minute Chris Bateman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabricio Montel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Rosario Central's Fabricio Montel got control of the ball when Norman Donnelly tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Fabricio Montel managed to avoid a goal in the 60thth minute, when Recolta Alamor's Norman Donnelly fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Fabricio Montel had great luck who in the 61stth minute grab hold of the ball when Chris Bateman from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Norman Donnelly succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 68th playminute. Fabricio Montel made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Theodore Cagle sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Rosario Central's Fabricio Montel got control of the ball when Norman Donnelly tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fabricio Montel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Bateman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Rosario Central defense, Theodore Cagle kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabricio Montel. The Rosario Central fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabricio Montel should have stopped the shot. Fabricio Montel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chris Bateman in the 86th minute. 88 minutes into the match, Theodore Cagle notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Rosario Central's Fabricio Montel. Fabricio Montel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Theodore Cagle scored 0-8 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabricio Montel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Recolta Alamor's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.