U23 League

Loco Savaş
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Astor Cefero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Naohiro Takahara in the 3rd minute of the match. The supporters of Menchu FC booed when ★ IL TORO ★ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Everardo Rodas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Menchu FC's Benigno Karmel tried to score from far away in the 5th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Hernan Diaz charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hernan Diaz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Hernan Diaz kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Menchu FC's attentive Luca Prodan managed to snatch the ball when Félix Fitriansyah made a throw-in in the 12th minute of the game. Astor Cefero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naohiro Takahara in the 13th minute of play. 15 minutes in the game Félix Fitriansyah did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Leo Tancredo. If Blas Nastasio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. ★ IL TORO ★'s Osvaldo Lohitzun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save ★ IL TORO ★ from getting a goal against them. Astor Cefero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Naohiro Takahara, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Blas Nastasio in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Osvaldo Lohitzun saved ★ IL TORO ★ from getting behind. In the 35th minute of the game Luca Prodan made a throw-in which Luca Prodan played forward. After a rather tough play, ★ IL TORO ★'s Félix Fitriansyah got a free kick in the 40th minute. After a defensive mix-up in ★ IL TORO ★'s zone, Blas Nastasio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Osvaldo Lohitzun came out of the goal and Blas Nastasio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Osvaldo Lohitzun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Blas Nastasio, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Blas Nastasio made a kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Naohiro Takahara notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Menchu FC's Astor Cefero. Astor Cefero was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Naohiro Takahara in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Astor Cefero saved Menchu FC from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Marian Shel took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Astor Cefero to make any attempt to save it. Menchu FC made a substitution. Aristides Inge replaced Jeremias Harkaitz. Menchu FC made a substitution. Leonel Karlo replaced Felipe Quentin. Osvaldo Lohitzun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Karlo in the 68th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonel Karlo in the 70th minute of play forced ★ IL TORO ★'s goalkeeper Osvaldo Lohitzun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner led Menchu FC's Santos Arano to fire away a dangerous shot which Osvaldo Lohitzun despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Osvaldo Lohitzun stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Blas Nastasio's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. The corner led Menchu FC's Benigno Karmel to fire away a dangerous shot which Osvaldo Lohitzun despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Osvaldo Lohitzun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Blas Nastasio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 77 minutes, Saul Bermund mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ★ IL TORO ★ and the Menchu FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 77th minute, Saul Bermund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Astor Cefero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsenio Cesario in the 79th minute of the match. Leonel Karlo took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Osvaldo Lohitzun. Osvaldo Lohitzun dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. 85 minutes into the match, Leonel Karlo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Osvaldo Lohitzun. ★ IL TORO ★'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leonel Karlo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Astor Cefero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marian Shel in the 90th minute of play. A collision led to ★ IL TORO ★ getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Marian Shel hit a great ball. Arsenio Cesario blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Astor Cefero having to make a save. Hernan Diaz got his second yellow card in the match during the 95th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 96 played minutes Menchu FC got a freekick which was hit by Hernan Diaz. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.