U21 League

Cielo di Tocopilla
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jan Hendrik Paas started the match with the kick off. Khachatryan:s Tigran Balayan showed great skill when he stopped Chiquito Escalante:s penalty. Zorros del Desierto's Elazar Dundan was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Tigran Balayan in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Patxi Claude took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tigran Balayan. Tigran Balayan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Radomil Bucyki stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pawel Tomasik's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. Tigran Balayan was out of position in the 28 minute of play, and Patxi Claude capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Patxi Claude really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. In the 33rdth minute of the game Patxi Claude who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Alex Raţiu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Radomil Bucyki didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arno Martirosyan went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 43rd minute, Cristian Insaurralde hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cristian Insaurralde stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Radomil Bucyki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Raţiu in the 53rd minute of play. In the 55thth minute of the game Patxi Claude who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Khachatryan getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Remigiusz Adamus hit a great ball. Khachatryan made a substitution. Manuel Stepanyan replaced Alex Raţiu. In the 62nd minute, Remigiusz Adamus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Radomil Bucyki stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Manuel Stepanyan's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Radomil Bucyki made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arno Martirosyan in the 66th minute. The supporters of Khachatryan booed when Zorros del Desierto was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Simón Iturbe didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zorros del Desierto's Rolando González was substituted for Simón Iturbe. A collision led to Zorros del Desierto getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Simón Iturbe hit a great ball. Tigran Balayan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Insaurralde, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Patxi Claude's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tigran Balayan was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. Tigran Balayan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Insaurralde, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tigran Balayan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Insaurralde went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Arno Martirosyan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 92nd minute, Javier Rufo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Arno Martirosyan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Khachatryan's supporters rose to their feet, but Arno Martirosyan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Radomil Bucyki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice moves Arno Martirosyan could shoot a difficult shot in the 92nd minute, which Radomil Bucyki however easily saved by the left post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Reed Slaughter in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Radomil Bucyki saved Zorros del Desierto from getting behind. 96 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Insaurralde came free, but Tigran Balayan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew the final whistle, Zorros del Desierto could leave the field as winners, despite Khachatryan having more of the ball for most of the match.