U21 League

Est. Matador Salas
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marcelo Abastas took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 6 minutes of play, La Mandarina Mecánica's Marcelo Abastas made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gaston Osorio was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gaston Osorio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcelo Abastas in the 11th minute of play. 24 minutes into the game, Marcelo Abastas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Gaston Osorio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 31 minutes into the game, Marcelo Abastas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Gaston Osorio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marcelo Abastas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Gaston Osorio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, La Mandarina Mecánica's Goito Abar got a free kick in the 36th minute. Perico Abellaneda acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 37th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Costel Arsene. After a rather tough play, Ballet Azul's Gary Beil got a free kick in the 40th minute. In the 41st match minute, La Mandarina Mecánica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sendoa Aballe to maneuver through the defense. 44 minutes into the match, Ballet Azul's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelo Abastas came free, but Gaston Osorio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kilian Mbappè to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Ballet Azul's Costel Arsene got a free kick in the 52nd minute. After 56 minutes Ballet Azul's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Goito Abar who took care of the corner kick. When Hilario Min fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ballet Azul's protests and gave Hilario Min a yellow card for diving instead. After 62 played minutes Ballet Azul got a freekick which was hit by Hilario Min. Marcelo Abastas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gaston Osorio having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Marcelo Abastas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gaston Osorio was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Ballet Azul's Hilario Min got a free kick in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Abastas in the 67th minute of play forced Ballet Azul's goalkeeper Gaston Osorio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ballet Azul's Gaston Osorio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcelo Abastas in the 70th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Marcelo Abastas managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Mandarina Mecánica's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcelo Abastas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gaston Osorio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Goito Abar fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Mandarina Mecánica's protests and gave Goito Abar a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Ballet Azul booed when La Mandarina Mecánica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcelo Abastas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gaston Osorio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcelo Abastas's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. After a rather tough play, Ballet Azul's Gary Beil got a free kick in the 83rd minute. With a little luck, Ballet Azul's Gaston Osorio got control of the ball when Goito Abar tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gaston Osorio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelo Abastas in the 87th minute of the match. Marcelo Abastas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Gaston Osorio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marcelo Abastas in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gaston Osorio saved Ballet Azul from getting behind. In the 96th minute, Sendoa Aballe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.