U18 League

∞ locoeibel ∞
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Luciano Zanardi kicked off to start the match. When Rafael Mendiko fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Naranja Mecánica's protests and gave Rafael Mendiko a yellow card for diving instead. In the 2nd match minute, La Naranja Mecánica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafael Mendiko to maneuver through the defense. Ñacuñán AC's Samuel Bernal got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 8th minute, Cosme Luke ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Feliciano Fernado was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After some careless play in the La Naranja Mecánica defense, Jacinto Adrio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Feliciano Fernado. The La Naranja Mecánica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Feliciano Fernado should have stopped the shot. In the 20th minute, Jacinto Adrio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ñacuñán AC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After 25 minutes, Pastor Urko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ñacuñán AC and the La Naranja Mecánica players grew even worse after the yellow card. 26 minutes into the match, Gonzalo Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bernabe Kelemen. Ñacuñán AC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gonzalo Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. After some careless play in the La Naranja Mecánica defense, Jacinto Adrio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Feliciano Fernado. The La Naranja Mecánica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Feliciano Fernado should have stopped the shot. Feliciano Fernado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuel Bernal in the 33rd minute of the match. Ñacuñán AC's Bernabe Kelemen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Ñacuñán AC from getting a goal against them. In the 40th minute, Jacinto Adrio made a precise shot to the right of Feliciano Fernado. La Naranja Mecánica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-5. Cosme Luke made in the 44th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by La Naranja Mecánica's Amador Honrio. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-5.

53 minutes into the match, La Naranja Mecánica's goalkeeper Feliciano Fernado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Samuel Bernal. In the 54th minute, Jacinto Adrio reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Feliciano Fernado. The goal made the score 1-6. In the 57th minute, Constantino Gaufred 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 64 minutes of play, La Naranja Mecánica's Luciano Zanardi made it 2-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bernabe Kelemen was left in no man's land by his defense there! La Naranja Mecánica's Luciano Zanardi got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Ñacuñán AC booed when La Naranja Mecánica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lorenzo Cordeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute, Ñacuñán AC's Constantino Gaufred ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Feliciano Fernado. Feliciano Fernado yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-7. Jacinto Adrio kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. With 79 minutes on the clock, Gonzalo Montenegro commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. When Samuel Bernal came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Ñacuñán AC 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 Samuel Bernal couldn't finish the play. 82 minutes into the match, La Naranja Mecánica's goalkeeper Feliciano Fernado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jorge Nevada. Bernabe Kelemen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lorenzo Cordeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jacinto Adrio got free with Feliciano Fernado in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 88th minute, Luciano Zanardi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Baltasar Quirze fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernabe Kelemen having to interfere. In the 95th minute, Cosme Luke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Samuel Bernal hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. Ñacuñán AC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.