U18 League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Miguel Merentiel took the kick off in the first half of the match. La Zabaleta's Feliberto Bittor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hipolito Piarres in the 2nd minute of play. In the 4th minute, Miguel Merentiel made a precise shot to the right of Feliberto Bittor. La Zabaleta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 8 minutes of play, Abuba Akotonon FC's Miguel Merentiel made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Feliberto Bittor was left in no man's land by his defense there! 13 minutes into the match, Fulgencio Shepherd had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Feliberto Bittor. La Zabaleta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fulgencio Shepherd was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After a rather tough play, La Zabaleta's Vladimiro Eguerdi got a free kick in the 16th minute. Feliberto Bittor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipolito Piarres in the 17th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hipolito Piarres in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Feliberto Bittor prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to La Zabaleta getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Luciano Martxot hit a great ball. In the 23rd minute, Miguel Merentiel 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. In the 24th minute Fulgencio Shepherd shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Bittor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 28 minutes of play, Abuba Akotonon FC's Fulgencio Shepherd made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Feliberto Bittor was left in no man's land by his defense there! Feliberto Bittor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hipolito Piarres in the 30th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute, Fulgencio Shepherd made a precise shot to the right of Feliberto Bittor. La Zabaleta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Feliberto Bittor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fulgencio Shepherd, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th minute, Ernesto Roldan made a precise shot to the right of Feliberto Bittor. La Zabaleta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Fulgencio Shepherd recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 43 minutes into the match, Fulgencio Shepherd had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Feliberto Bittor. La Zabaleta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fulgencio Shepherd was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

Through an outstanding action, after 51 minutes, Feliberto Bittor successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. A collision led to La Zabaleta getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Vladimiro Eguerdi hit a great ball. 53 minutes into the match, Hipolito Piarres notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of La Zabaleta's Feliberto Bittor. Feliberto Bittor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Feliberto Bittor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernesto Roldan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. La Zabaleta's defense didn't have a chance, in the 60th minute, when Hipolito Piarres scored to the left of an out of position Feliberto Bittor, making the score, 0-9. 68 minutes into the match, Miguel Merentiel dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Feliberto Bittor, 0-10. In the 71st minute Hipolito Piarres shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Bittor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute, Silvestre Ranolfo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 78th minute, Hipolito Piarres ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Feliberto Bittor was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-11. Feliberto Bittor came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Abuba Akotonon FC's Hipolito Piarres. But to his dismay, Hipolito Piarres quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-12. 0-13 became the score in the 86th minute when Miguel Merentiel elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 90 minutes into the match, La Zabaleta's goal looked a bit too open when Titan Palermo came free, but Feliberto Bittor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st minute Titan Palermo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Bittor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 92 minutes into the match, Hipolito Piarres dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Feliberto Bittor, 0-14. Abuba Akotonon FC played a much better game than La Zabaleta and deserved their victory. The La Zabaleta players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.