World League

Ushuaïa Arena
Spectators: 8467 (Terracing: 6351, Seating: 1947, VIP seats: 169) Estudiantes de América's Concetto Trasatti started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Bruno Fonso might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcos Ranolfo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bruno Fonso ran back to his position shaking his head. Marcos Ranolfo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Fonso in the 19th minute of play. Rene Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gavino Raymundo, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Club Ibiza's Rene Higuita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Concetto Trasatti in the 32nd minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Club Ibiza's goal looked a bit too open when Concetto Trasatti came free, but Rene Higuita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Traian Blăniță in the 39th minute of play forced Club Ibiza's goalkeeper Rene Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tiso Posse hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. 41 minutes into the game, Gavino Raymundo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Rene Higuita was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 48 minutes into the match, Club Ibiza's goal looked a bit too open when Concetto Trasatti came free, but Rene Higuita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bruno Fonso made a kick off. Rene Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Concetto Trasatti in the 64th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Concetto Trasatti in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rene Higuita saved Club Ibiza from getting behind. Rene Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Traian Blăniță in the 67th minute of the match. Bruno Fonso's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marcos Ranolfo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Traian Blăniță got free with Rene Higuita in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Estudiantes de América's Flavio Iraunkor was substituted for Traian Blăniță. Estudiantes de América's Cornelio Ruisko was substituted for Gavino Raymundo. The throw-in from Kert Roolaid in the 75th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Club Ibiza's Unax Viado. After a rather tough play, Club Ibiza's Jose-Antonio Capon got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 79th minute Kraig Fred shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kraig Fred could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Rene Higuita made a huge save. Estudiantes de América's Marcos Ranolfo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jose-Antonio Capon in the 89th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Club Ibiza's goalkeeper Rene Higuita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Flavio Iraunkor. After 92 played minutes Club Ibiza got a freekick which was hit by Lu Xun Lei. With an all-out effort, Estudiantes de América's Rene Higuita threw himself towards the right post 94 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kraig Fred, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 96 minutes into the match, Jose-Antonio Capon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcos Ranolfo. Estudiantes de América's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jose-Antonio Capon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1.