U18 League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Levon Khachaturyan charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Levon Khachaturyan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 3rd minute, Levon Khachaturyan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arixo Aponte, 3 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Miguel Covington took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bobby Abreu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arixo Aponte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jeramy LeBlanc kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Miguel Covington made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arixo Aponte in the 16th minute of play. In the 20th minute Keith Arden shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ibon Toraño saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Bobby Abreu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Marabino's supporters rose to their feet, but Bobby Abreu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Miguel Covington breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 27 played minutes Real Marabino got a freekick which was hit by Gumaro Mirafuentes. After 28 minutes of play Khachatryan's Levon Khachaturyan was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 29th minute, Levon Khachaturyan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Khachatryan getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Jeramy LeBlanc hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Real Marabino's Kinsen Aguinagalde got a free kick in the 39th minute. After a rather tough play, Khachatryan's Peter Gamble got a free kick in the 41st minute. Miguel Covington showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bobby Abreu, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bobby Abreu to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bobby Abreu in the 53rd minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Miguel Covington to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miguel Covington showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bobby Abreu, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Khachatryan's Miguel Covington proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Khachatryan from getting a goal against them. Ibon Toraño showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rashad Acosta, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Mambru Fontoyas short, quick shot in the 67thth minute got Miguel Covington to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With his leg Miguel Covington managed to avoid a goal in the 68thth minute, when Real Marabino's Martin Porquera fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Bobby Abreu had several of the Khachatryan's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 73 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-1 score and a disappointed Miguel Covington as he didn't even see the shot coming. Real Marabino made a substitution. Bautista Govantes replaced Arixo Aponte. Real Marabino's Bastian Errarte was substituted for Martin Porquera. Miguel Covington was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bautista Govantes showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 79 minute of play. 84 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's goal looked a bit too open when Bobby Abreu came free, but Miguel Covington reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Khachatryan's Rashad Acosta got a free kick in the 86th minute. A hard shot by Blas Arrazola from long distance, 87 minutes into the match, got Miguel Covington's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Bryon Waters charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bryon Waters the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Miguel Covington was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Blas Arrazola showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 91 minute of play. Real Marabino played a much better game than Khachatryan and deserved their victory. The Khachatryan players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.