League

Estadio Norton
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ariel Vermudo made the kick off which started today's match. Leonardo Cerrajero didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zenaido Inarraza went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 7th minute Ariel Vermudo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Méndez Baezabal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Méndez Baezabal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paúl Hoyuela in the 8th minute of the match. Zaquiel Cortun charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zaquiel Cortun the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Zaquiel Cortun kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. In the 12th minute Paúl Hoyuela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Méndez Baezabal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ariel Vermudo during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zenaido Inarraza got free with Leonardo Cerrajero in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nicolas Arrieta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Leonardo Cerrajero made a huge save. Méndez Baezabal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alejandro Galindez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alejandro Galindez in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Méndez Baezabal prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Nicolas Arrieta came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Norton 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 Nicolas Arrieta couldn't finish the play. 39 minutes into the match, Norton's goal looked a bit too open when Paúl Hoyuela came free, but Méndez Baezabal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute, Gonzalo Fontanez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Méndez Baezabal was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nicolas Arrieta to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Fuerza Amarilla's Alejandro Galindez got a free kick in the 51st minute. With a little luck, Norton's Méndez Baezabal got control of the ball when Ariel Vermudo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Norton's Méndez Baezabal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Norton from getting a goal against them. With an all-out effort, Fuerza Amarilla's Méndez Baezabal threw himself towards the right post 56 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ariel Vermudo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A collision led to Fuerza Amarilla getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Gonzalo Fontanez hit a great ball. Méndez Baezabal came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Fuerza Amarilla's Paúl Hoyuela. But to his dismay, Paúl Hoyuela quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. In the 68th minute, Fuerza Amarilla's Paúl Hoyuela ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Méndez Baezabal. Méndez Baezabal yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. In the 72nd minute, Zenaido Inarraza got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Leonardo Cerrajero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Arrieta in the 74th minute of play. Méndez Baezabal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paúl Hoyuela in the 75th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Norton's Fabio Polentinos got a free kick in the 76th minute. Norton's defense didn't have a chance, in the 77th minute, when Paúl Hoyuela scored to the left of an out of position Méndez Baezabal, making the score, 2-5. Méndez Baezabal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paúl Hoyuela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paúl Hoyuela in the 89th minute of play forced Norton's goalkeeper Méndez Baezabal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Norton's Méndez Baezabal got control of the ball when Paúl Hoyuela tried to sneak it across the goal line. Norton's defense didn't have a chance, in the 93rd minute, when Paúl Hoyuela scored to the left of an out of position Méndez Baezabal, making the score, 2-6. Fuerza Amarilla made a substitution. Rafael Cardigondi replaced Lucas Elorza. When the match was over Fuerza Amarilla could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Norton throughout the match.