Friendly League

HOWL
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Juan Bittor started the match with the kick off. Teofilo Rojelio kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Eustaquio Lekubegi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arturo Cordeiro in the 7th minute of the match. Arturo Cordeiro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Eustaquio Lekubegi came out and tried to block the shot, but Arturo Cordeiro slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 11th minute. A collision led to Howling Dawn U18 getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Venancio Dantae hit a great ball. Juan Bittor scored 2-0 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eustaquio Lekubegi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Howling Dawn U18's Juan Bittor slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Eustaquio Lekubegi. That made the score 3-0 after 21 minutes of play. 28 minutes into the game, Arturo Cordeiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Eustaquio Lekubegi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eustaquio Lekubegi made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Arturo Cordeiro sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Conrado Bernat in the 37th minute of play forced Howling Dawn U18's goalkeeper Leon Roldan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th match minute, Howling Dawn U18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urbano Lidon to maneuver through the defense. Howling Dawn U18's Leon Roldan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conrado Bernat in the 39th minute of play. Eustaquio Lekubegi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baltasar Walme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Conrado Bernat to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, El Fortín de Floresta's goal looked a bit too open when Arturo Cordeiro came free, but Eustaquio Lekubegi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Howling Dawn U18 booed when El Fortín de Floresta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Conrado Bernat didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eustaquio Lekubegi came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Howling Dawn U18's Juan Bittor. But to his dismay, Juan Bittor quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. A collision led to El Fortín de Floresta getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Conrado Bernat hit a great ball. Eustaquio Lekubegi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Bittor in the 64th minute of play. After 65 minutes, Baltasar Walme mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Howling Dawn U18 and the El Fortín de Floresta players grew even worse after the yellow card. El Fortín de Floresta made a substitution. Horacio Jerano replaced Felipe Gaitan. A collision led to Howling Dawn U18 getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Baltasar Walme hit a great ball. Leon Roldan made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Conrado Bernat sent off a good shot on target. Juan Bittor took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eustaquio Lekubegi. Eustaquio Lekubegi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. If Arturo Cordeiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Howling Dawn U18's Leon Roldan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conrado Bernat in the 79th minute of play. Leon Roldan was a little too slow when Conrado Bernat got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 6-1. Eustaquio Lekubegi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Bittor, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. After 85 minutes of play, Howling Dawn U18's Arturo Cordeiro made it 7-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eustaquio Lekubegi was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Baltasar Walme in the 88th minute of play forced El Fortín de Floresta's goalkeeper Eustaquio Lekubegi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Horacio Jerano hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Urbano Lidon lost his temper 95 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Howling Dawn U18 made a substitution. Luisito Pero replaced Atilano Herensuge. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 94th minute of the game. One of Howling Dawn U18:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of El Fortín de Floresta:s goal. Howling Dawn U18's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.