U18 League

Rock & Gol
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Benedicto Ponc got the match started through his kick off. Jose Maria Traverso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Apolo Aurken, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 7th minute, Apolo Aurken left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Scaloneta fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. If Julián Álvarez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Apolo Aurken in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jose Maria Traverso prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 15thth minute of the game Apolo Aurken who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Milferio's Jose Maria Traverso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 17th minute, Apolo Aurken left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Scaloneta fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 27 minutes into the match, Milferio's goal looked a bit too open when Julián Álvarez came free, but Jose Maria Traverso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, La Scaloneta's Ariel Ubendu got a free kick in the 29th minute. Jose Maria Traverso stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Apolo Aurken's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. In the 35th minute Apolo Aurken shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jose Maria Traverso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La Scaloneta made a substitution. Justo Aguirre replaced Segundo Birila. Julián Álvarez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jose Maria Traverso having to interfere. A collision led to Milferio getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Honorio Santo hit a great ball. Apolo Aurken took the ball and in the 49 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jose Maria Traverso. Jose Maria Traverso dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. After the first half La Scaloneta were leading 0-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Apolo Aurken made a kick off. After 55 played minutes Milferio got a freekick which was hit by Eugenio Rius. Jose Maria Traverso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Apolo Aurken in the 60th minute. In the 62ndth minute of the game Apolo Aurken who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Milferio's Jose Maria Traverso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aldo Roldan kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Apolo Aurken received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Jose Maria Traverso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julián Álvarez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jose Maria Traverso having to interfere. Julián Álvarez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jose Maria Traverso having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugenio Rius in the 70th minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Albano Bemabe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Albano Bemabe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Melquiades Azeari, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Jose Maria Traverso stood somewhat misplaced when Apolo Aurken came free in front of goal and shot 0-7 to the left of him in the 74 minute. La Scaloneta's Rodri De Paul shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 79th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Jose Maria Traverso but with some difficulty. After 79 played minutes La Scaloneta got a freekick which was hit by Alexis Mac Allister. Albano Bemabe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedicto Ponc, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. With a little luck, Milferio's Jose Maria Traverso got control of the ball when Julián Álvarez tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Julián Álvarez kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jose Maria Traverso. That made the score 0-8 in the 82 minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alexis Mac Allister got free with Jose Maria Traverso in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 89 minutes into the match, Milferio's goalkeeper Jose Maria Traverso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Julián Álvarez. Epifanio Laurendi's late challenge caught a La Scaloneta's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Epifanio Laurendi helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Milferio's Epifanio Laurendi got a free kick in the 90th minute. Melquiades Azeari kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Julián Álvarez's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 94thth minute, Jose Maria Traverso skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Artemio Naike could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Jose Maria Traverso made a huge save. The Milferio fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. La Scaloneta were clearly better and deserved to take the win.