U18 League

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomás Chico took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of RB Chubut booed when Club Atletico Lanus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodolfo Rufio didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as RB Chubut's Marcial Isaio slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gervasio Santiago. That made the score 1-0 after 7 minutes of play. In the 10th minute, Honorio Pinto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Domingos Grabiel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Honorio Pinto, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Guido Elia kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. In the 15th minute, Efrain Karmel reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gervasio Santiago. The goal made the score 2-0. When the match clock showed 19 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Tomás Chico sped through Club Atletico Lanus's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gervasio Santiago. Domingos Grabiel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Honorio Pinto in the 23rd minute of play. Marcial Isaio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Gervasio Santiago tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 26 minutes of play, RB Chubut's Efrain Karmel made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gervasio Santiago was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Club Atletico Lanus's Gervasio Santiago got control of the ball when Tomás Chico tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Club Atletico Lanus booed when RB Chubut was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lisandro Berenguer didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 44th minute, Guido Elia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Domingos Grabiel was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-2. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Domingos Grabiel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodolfo Rufio in the 52nd minute of the match. Jacobo Olivar hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. In the 58thth minute of the game Marcial Isaio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Club Atletico Lanus's Gervasio Santiago was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Club Atletico Lanus's Gervasio Santiago played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomás Chico in the 61st minute of play. The supporters of RB Chubut booed when Club Atletico Lanus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guido Elia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gervasio Santiago didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcial Isaio went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-2 was the resulting score. After 72 played minutes RB Chubut got a freekick which was hit by Horacio Cordarin. In the 73rd match minute, Club Atletico Lanus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Montae to maneuver through the defense. Domingos Grabiel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guido Elia in the 78th minute of play. Gervasio Santiago made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomás Chico in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodolfo Rufio in the 84th minute of play forced RB Chubut's goalkeeper Domingos Grabiel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 85 minutes, Efrain Karmel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. RB Chubut's supporters crossed their fingers, but Efrain Karmel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Club Atletico Lanus's Gervasio Santiago played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Efrain Karmel in the 92nd minute of play. Rodolfo Rufio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Domingos Grabiel made a huge save. RB Chubut's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.