U18 World League

FERNANDO ALI
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pascual Eskuin got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Dario Mikelats hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ildefonso Jakobe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Lucio Lesardo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ulises Mikeldi kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, TATENGUE FUTBOL CLUB's Hilario Laffitte got a free kick in the 12th minute. Lucio Lesardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baldomiro Hodei, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 15th minute, Jimeno Chinto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lucio Lesardo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baldomiro Hodei in the 23rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, TATENGUE FUTBOL CLUB's Felix Luke got a free kick in the 27th minute. The supporters of TATENGUE FUTBOL CLUB booed when Martin Palermo F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Baldomiro Hodei didn't get a good kick on the ball. TATENGUE FUTBOL CLUB's Lucio Lesardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baldomiro Hodei in the 32nd minute of play. Norberto Astrada was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 34th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The supporters of Martin Palermo F.C. booed when TATENGUE FUTBOL CLUB was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hilario Laffitte didn't get a good kick on the ball. Baldomiro Hodei struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Lucio Lesardo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Martin Palermo F.C.. When Martin Palermo F.C.'s Ildefonso Jakobe in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye TATENGUE FUTBOL CLUB's goalie prevented a goal. Flavio Lope charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Flavio Lope the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Flavio Lope kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ildefonso Jakobe stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by TATENGUE FUTBOL CLUB's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Norberto Astrada was slow to take the kick. During this time Martin Palermo F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. Martin Palermo F.C.'s Norberto Astrada was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Lucio Lesardo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 57th minute, Baldomiro Hodei reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lucio Lesardo. The goal made the score 0-1. The supporters of TATENGUE FUTBOL CLUB booed when Martin Palermo F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Flavio Lope didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dario Mikelats in the 61st minute of play forced Martin Palermo F.C.'s goalkeeper Marcial Clemencin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Lope hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Rolando Bermund kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Lucio Lesardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ildefonso Jakobe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Martin Palermo F.C. booed when TATENGUE FUTBOL CLUB was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dario Mikelats didn't get a good kick on the ball. Baldomiro Hodei fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucio Lesardo having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Ildefonso Jakobe's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lucio Lesardo was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Baldomiro Hodei fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucio Lesardo having to interfere. The Martin Palermo F.C. supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Martin Palermo F.C. would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.