U18 League

Estadi Pit i Collons
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Atilio Morera started the match with the kick off. The supporters of La Mora CAT booed when Ahsoka Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose-Antonio Armada didn't get a good kick on the ball. Atilio Morera could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Gergori Manzano made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Atilio Morera took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Gergori Manzano to make any attempt to save it. Breixo Torrent didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from René Gonzáles went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 23rd minute, Eliseo Urbina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that René Gonzáles's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Breixo Torrent was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Gergori Manzano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atilio Morera in the 30th minute of the match. A collision led to Ahsoka Team getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Eliseo Urbina hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, La Mora CAT's Ferrer Ramirez got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Gergori Manzano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Jareño, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Atilio Morera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 46 minutes into the game, La Mora CAT's Atilio Morera nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gergori Manzano made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when René Gonzáles stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the match, Atilio Morera notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Ahsoka Team's Gergori Manzano. Gergori Manzano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Otero Zapatero lost his temper 64 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 63rd minute of the game. One of Ahsoka Team:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of La Mora CAT:s goal. Dimas Camara shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. After 72 minutes of play, La Mora CAT's Marco Jareño made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gergori Manzano was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Atilio Morera came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the La Mora CAT 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 Atilio Morera couldn't finish the play. Gergori Manzano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Atilio Morera, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. 87 minutes into the game, Serafín Cazorla was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ahsoka Team's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave La Mora CAT the free kick. After a rather tough play, Ahsoka Team's Serafín Cazorla got a free kick in the 88th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Atilio Morera in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gergori Manzano saved Ahsoka Team from getting behind. If René Gonzáles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 99th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. La Mora CAT walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.