U18 League

Monumental
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Saverio Burcena made the kick off which started today's match. Lesardo Rosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aldo Popolizio in the 3rd minute of the match. 5 minutes into the game, Aldo Popolizio cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Lesardo Rosa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Juan Labarrita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Deportivo Popolizio FBC's supporters rose to their feet, but Juan Labarrita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lesardo Rosa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Etxepare Bilbao recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 17th match minute, Hayalim Kedoshim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gregorio Hermosa to maneuver through the defense. Eduardo Lezarreta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Segundo Udaeta, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Hayalim Kedoshim's goal looked a bit too open when Aldo Popolizio came free, but Lesardo Rosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aldo Popolizio in the 29th minute of play forced Hayalim Kedoshim's goalkeeper Lesardo Rosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aldo Popolizio in the 30th minute of play forced Hayalim Kedoshim's goalkeeper Lesardo Rosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernardo Cavallosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Lesardo Rosa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hayalim Kedoshim's Lesardo Rosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aldo Popolizio in the 38th minute of play. Bernardo Cavallosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aldo Popolizio to make the kick off. Eduardo Lezarreta came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by Hayalim Kedoshim's Segundo Udaeta. But to his dismay, Segundo Udaeta quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Lesardo Rosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabon Castrejana in the 56th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Hayalim Kedoshim's Quentin Agraña got a free kick in the 65th minute. Quentin Agraña kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Saverio Burcena's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eduardo Lezarreta was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. After 89 minutes of play, Hayalim Kedoshim's Gregorio Hermosa made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eduardo Lezarreta was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 97th minute, Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Aldo Popolizio ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lesardo Rosa. Lesardo Rosa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-2. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Hayalim Kedoshim were victorious despite being under pressure from Deportivo Popolizio FBC for much of the match.