U18 League

Arena Bombonera
Spectators: 146 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Malvinas Argentinas's Eloy Raymundo 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. With his leg Benedicto Cibran managed to avoid a goal in the 3rdth minute, when Malvinas Argentinas's Eloy Raymundo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 10th minute, Eloy Raymundo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Malvinas Argentinas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Benedicto Cibran made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Filiberto Emeterio sent off a good shot on target. Zacarias Unax hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Benedicto Cibran was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Damian Marquez. Malvinas Argentinas's Gustavo Quentin suffered a concussion in the 21st minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. After 21 minutes, Julian Elia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Depor Alex Return and the Malvinas Argentinas players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 23rd minute, Julian Elia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Benedicto Cibran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eloy Raymundo, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Benedicto Cibran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Godofredo Dorio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Malvinas Argentinas's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joaquin Ilazki was slow to take the kick. During this time Depor Alex Return's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Joaquin Ilazki got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fernan Cresencio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Julian Elia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fernan Cresencio was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Depor Alex Return's Benedicto Cibran proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Depor Alex Return from getting a goal against them. Urbano Rainerio kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Julian Elia made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Joaquin Richie hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 56 played minutes Depor Alex Return got a freekick which was hit by Zacarias Unax. After 57 played minutes, Malvinas Argentinas's Damian Marquez shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Benedicto Cibran came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Malvinas Argentinas reached it. Depor Alex Return's Benedicto Cibran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eloy Raymundo in the 67th minute of play. Fernan Cresencio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amancio Primo in the 69th minute of the match. Benedicto Cibran came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Malvinas Argentinas's Honorato Cesaro. But to his dismay, Honorato Cesaro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. The supporters of Depor Alex Return booed when Malvinas Argentinas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joaquin Richie didn't get a good kick on the ball. Julian Elia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Malvinas Argentinas had played much better football throughout.