U18 League

Pier Luigi Penzo
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lucas Berse made the kick off which started today's match. When the match clock showed 4 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Santos Ferdinand sped through Juniors FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Octavio Fidele. Octavio Fidele came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Venezia FC's Santos Ferdinand. But to his dismay, Santos Ferdinand quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Santos Ferdinand took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Octavio Fidele. Octavio Fidele dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Clemente Rodriguez's late challenge caught a Juniors FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Clemente Rodriguez helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th minute, one of Venezia FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Venezia FC. After a rather tough play, Juniors FC's Lucas Ixaka got a free kick in the 23rd minute. 26 minutes into the match, Juniors FC's goalkeeper Octavio Fidele had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Santos Ferdinand. Octavio Fidele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santos Ferdinand in the 28th minute of play. Arturo Cordera took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Octavio Fidele. Octavio Fidele dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Octavio Fidele didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 32nd minute, which inside left pole to 5-0. Arturo Cordera kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Amado Larra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Gau in the 39th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the match, Juniors FC's goal looked a bit too open when Bernabe Cidro came free, but Octavio Fidele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Octavio Fidele made an important save on a dangerous shot by Santos Ferdinand in the 45th minute.

When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Bernabe Cidro put it in 6-0 from a short distance just to the right of Octavio Fidele. After 60 played minutes Venezia FC got a freekick which was hit by Arturo Cordera. Octavio Fidele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santos Ferdinand in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th match minute, Venezia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernabe Cidro to maneuver through the defense. After 72 minutes, Santos Ferdinand mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezia FC and the Juniors FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 72nd minute, Santos Ferdinand hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 78th minute, Lucas Berse 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. A collision led to Venezia FC getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Arturo Cordera hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Santos Ferdinand's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Octavio Fidele was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. In the 94th match minute, Venezia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arturo Cordera to maneuver through the defense. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Venezia FC fully deserved thier win.