U21 League

Madison Park
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Benito Naldo kicked off to start the match. Julian Oihan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Abelardo Cristofor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristian Ted's late challenge caught a Madison's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristian Ted helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Madison booed when Sportivo Ben Hur was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian Ted didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 23 minutes of play, Madison's Silvano Polentzi made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abelardo Cristofor was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 28th minute Fernando Tiniebra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severiano Rafe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Evelio Javiar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Abelardo Cristofor made a huge save. A hard shot 30 in the game by Benito Naldo from a close distance when the talented Abelardo Cristofor managed to make a qualified save. Sportivo Ben Hur's players were relieved. After having played for 31 minutes, Silvano Polentzi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Madison's supporters crossed their fingers, but Silvano Polentzi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ciriaco Blasi charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ciriaco Blasi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jimeno Lizbeth's late challenge caught a Madison's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jimeno Lizbeth helped the player get up and apologised. Abelardo Cristofor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvano Polentzi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Benito Naldo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The supporters of Sportivo Ben Hur booed when Madison was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciriaco Blasi didn't get a good kick on the ball. 54 minutes into the match, Benito Naldo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abelardo Cristofor. Sportivo Ben Hur's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Benito Naldo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Abelardo Cristofor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvano Polentzi in the 58th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Cristian Ted managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sportivo Ben Hur's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Ted was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Severiano Rafe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Evelio Javiar came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Madison fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Evelio Javiar couldn't finish the play. In the 68th match minute, Madison was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Domingo Vedillo to maneuver through the defense. Madison's Bernabe Dalmau was substituted for Julian Oihan. A collision led to Madison getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Domingo Vedillo hit a great ball. 70 minutes into the match, Sportivo Ben Hur's Claudio Mark broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Abelardo Cristofor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernabe Dalmau in the 76th minute of play. Marciano Maxin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Severiano Rafe having to interfere. When Ciriaco Blasi was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 89 minutes had been played. Ciriaco Blasi hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Madison fully deserved thier win.