U18 League

Gigante de Arenillas
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lopez Coteron made the kick off which started today's match. Tiburones Rojos's defense didn't have a chance, in the 5th minute, when Lopez Coteron scored to the left of an out of position Venancio Osorio, making the score, 1-0. After 8 minutes, Lopez Coteron mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Atlético Arenillas and the Tiburones Rojos players grew even worse after the yellow card. Lopez Coteron hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Zambrano Llanderrozos charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zambrano Llanderrozos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 10th match minute, Atlético Arenillas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zambrano Llanderrozos to maneuver through the defense. Roman Barrufet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Libertad in the 11th minute of the match. Modesto Marin scored 1-1 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roman Barrufet, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lopez Coteron might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Venancio Osorio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lopez Coteron ran back to his position shaking his head. 28 minutes into the match, Atlético Arenillas's Lopez Coteron sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Venancio Osorio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Venancio Osorio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lopez Coteron, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Venancio Osorio came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Atlético Arenillas's Lopez Coteron. But to his dismay, Lopez Coteron quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. After having played for 40 minutes, Xzaver Garival managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Atlético Arenillas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xzaver Garival was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zambrano Llanderrozos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Venancio Osorio made a huge save. After 47 minutes of play, Tiburones Rojos's Marcelo Elia made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roman Barrufet was left in no man's land by his defense there! The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-2 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Libertad stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Marcelo Elia got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Lopez Coteron got his second yellow card in the match during the 55th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Zambrano Llanderrozos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Venancio Osorio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zambrano Llanderrozos, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Venancio Osorio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zambrano Llanderrozos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Marcelo Elia took a quick shot and it went in 3-3 without a chance for Roman Barrufet to make any attempt to save it. Joel Libertad took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Roman Barrufet. Roman Barrufet dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-4. The crowd rose to their feet as Joel Libertad kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Roman Barrufet. That made the score 3-5 in the 74 minute of play. The supporters of Atlético Arenillas booed when Tiburones Rojos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidoro Serapio didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Atlético Arenillas booed when Tiburones Rojos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Venancio Socorro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Venancio Osorio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zambrano Llanderrozos in the 82nd minute of the match. If Zambrano Llanderrozos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zambrano Llanderrozos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Venancio Osorio having to interfere. Tiburones Rojos's Venancio Osorio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pinto Anda in the 92nd minute of play. Venancio Osorio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pinto Anda in the 94th minute of play. Pinto Anda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Venancio Osorio having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded Tiburones Rojos left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Atlético Arenillas.