U18 League

Elvio Maore
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Jaime Iratzeder started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Invisible getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Claudio Echeverri hit a great ball. Jaime Iratzeder took the ball and in the 5 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gabriel Txema. Gabriel Txema dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 9th minute, Cornelio Gartxot made a precise shot to the right of Gabriel Txema. Invisible's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 14thth minute of the game Cristo Piorno who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Margarita's Ambrosio Jacindo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Margarita defense, Claudio Furtado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ambrosio Jacindo. The Margarita fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ambrosio Jacindo should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Invisible getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Luca Martínez Quarta hit a great ball. Margarita's Ambrosio Jacindo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Margarita from getting a goal against them. Claudio Echeverri was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 27th minute. Invisible's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Ambrosio Jacindo stood somewhat misplaced when Claudio Echeverri came free in front of goal and shot 2-2 to the left of him in the 33 minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristo Piorno got free with Ambrosio Jacindo in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cristo Piorno to make the kick off. Ambrosio Jacindo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudio Furtado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 56th minute Cristo Piorno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ambrosio Jacindo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ambrosio Jacindo came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Invisible's Claudio Echeverri. But to his dismay, Claudio Echeverri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. The audience was convinced that Jaime Iratzeder's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gabriel Txema was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Jaime Iratzeder recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ambrosio Jacindo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudio Echeverri, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. If Gualterio Romo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Gabriel Txema was out of position in the 77 minute of play, and Jaime Iratzeder capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jaime Iratzeder really showed his touch with that goal: 4-3. Jaime Iratzeder did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 4-4 to the left of a surprised Gabriel Txema 81 minutes into the match. 87 minutes into the game, Lino Gorbea was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Margarita's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Invisible the free kick. In the 88th match minute, Margarita was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lino Gorbea to maneuver through the defense. Ambrosio Jacindo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudio Echeverri in the 88th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Margarita's goal looked a bit too open when Claudio Furtado came free, but Ambrosio Jacindo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ambrosio Jacindo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristo Piorno in the 92nd minute of play. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.