U18 League

Arena Temuco
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alvar Paul made the kick off which started today's match. In the 8th minute, José Ignacio Berguecio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CRUZ DEL SUR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Ignacio Berguecio in the 15th minute of play forced Manuel Rodríguez 1186's goalkeeper Alexandre Marrodan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marc Pedraza in the 19th minute of play forced Manuel Rodríguez 1186's goalkeeper Alexandre Marrodan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Reyes Sobarzo was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 26 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Manuel Rodríguez 1186 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 26th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 28 minutes, CRUZ DEL SUR's Aristeo Oquendo got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Alexandre Marrodan. Alexandre Marrodan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Ignacio Berguecio, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. CRUZ DEL SUR's Belmiro Peñaranda suffered a sore thigh after 34 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 34 minutes into the game, Vicent Moncada was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Manuel Rodríguez 1186's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave CRUZ DEL SUR the free kick. A collision led to Manuel Rodríguez 1186 getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Vicent Moncada hit a great ball. Abdul Esquerra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Alexandre Marrodan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as CRUZ DEL SUR's Marc Pedraza slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alexandre Marrodan. That made the score 3-0 after 45 minutes of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Xulián Artaño to strike the kick off in the second half. Alexandre Marrodan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xulián Artaño in the 51st minute of play. 51 minutes into the match, Abdul Esquerra notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Manuel Rodríguez 1186's Alexandre Marrodan. Alexandre Marrodan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 58 minutes into the game, Xulián Artaño cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Alexandre Marrodan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marc Pedraza in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alexandre Marrodan saved Manuel Rodríguez 1186 from getting behind. In the 74th minute, Xulián Artaño ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexandre Marrodan was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. In the 80th minute, Marc Pedraza 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. After 83 played minutes Manuel Rodríguez 1186 got a freekick which was hit by Alvar Paul. In the 86th minute Abdul Esquerra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexandre Marrodan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alexandre Marrodan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Ignacio Berguecio in the 90th minute of the match. Manuel Rodríguez 1186's Alexandre Marrodan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xulián Artaño in the 92nd minute of play. After 94 played minutes Manuel Rodríguez 1186 got a freekick which was hit by Damario Rey. Abdul Esquerra took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alexandre Marrodan. Alexandre Marrodan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. There was no doubt that CRUZ DEL SUR were the better team. CRUZ DEL SUR's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.