Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rigoberto Turi started the match with the kick off. Raimundo Savion kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Tomás Beltran put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Higinio Porfiro. In the 10th minute, Tomás Beltran made a precise shot to the right of Higinio Porfiro. LA MAQUINA F.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. After having played for 13 minutes, Alberto Marcico managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Argentina's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Marcico was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tomás Beltran might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Higinio Porfiro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomás Beltran ran back to his position shaking his head. Through an outstanding action, after 18 minutes, Higinio Porfiro successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 22 minutes into the match, U21 Argentina's Tomás Beltran sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Higinio Porfiro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 23 minutes into the match, Tomás Beltran had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Higinio Porfiro. LA MAQUINA F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomás Beltran was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Tomás Beltran had several of the LA MAQUINA F.C's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 26 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-0 score and a disappointed Higinio Porfiro as he didn't even see the shot coming. 31 minutes into the match, Tomás Beltran notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of LA MAQUINA F.C's Higinio Porfiro. Higinio Porfiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 34th match minute, U21 Argentina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alberto Marcico to maneuver through the defense. A sloppy throw-in by Santo Colas in the 36th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by U21 Argentina's Roberto Cibran. In the 40th minute, Clemente Palben hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind LA MAQUINA F.C's goalkeeper Higinio Porfiro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Edu Atila showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hamish McShimes, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Beltran in the 47th minute of play forced LA MAQUINA F.C's goalkeeper Higinio Porfiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 6-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomás Beltran to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Beltran in the 51st minute of play forced LA MAQUINA F.C's goalkeeper Higinio Porfiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th match minute, LA MAQUINA F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentin Makovskiy to maneuver through the defense. U21 Argentina's Edu Atila proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Argentina from getting a goal against them. If Clemente Palben had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 65 minutes into the game, Tomás Beltran cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Higinio Porfiro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Higinio Porfiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás Beltran, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Higinio Porfiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Beltran in the 71st minute of the match. 75 minutes into the match, LA MAQUINA F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Tomás Beltran came free, but Higinio Porfiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 78th match minute, U21 Argentina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pastor Lixandro to maneuver through the defense. After 80 played minutes U21 Argentina got a freekick which was hit by Pastor Lixandro. U21 Argentina's Edu Atila played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Loco Borja in the 85th minute of play. In the 85th minute, Loco Borja made a precise shot to the right of Edu Atila. U21 Argentina's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-1. Aureliano Cordeara might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Higinio Porfiro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aureliano Cordeara ran back to his position shaking his head. 93 minutes into the match, Aureliano Cordeara notched a goal, 8-1, to the right of LA MAQUINA F.C's Higinio Porfiro. Higinio Porfiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Higinio Porfiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aureliano Cordeara, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. U21 Argentina'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.