U21 League

Víctor Ugarte
Spectators: 151 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Maule Mendi started the match with the kick off. Koldobika Rejon hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 5th minute, Nacional Potosí's Cugat Abechuco ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Salvatore Alva. Salvatore Alva yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Cugat Abechuco succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 12th playminute. Xabier Abaurre hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Salvatore Alva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eustaquio Abendano, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind Los Inkas's goalkeeper Salvatore Alva, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 26 minutes into the match, Los Inkas's goal looked a bit too open when Eustaquio Abendano came free, but Salvatore Alva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lapurdi Abendano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Salvatore Alva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 34 minutes into the game, Lapurdi Abendano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nacional Potosí's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Los Inkas the free kick. In the 34th minute, Lapurdi Abendano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Los Inkas's Salvatore Alva proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Los Inkas from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Boniel Abecia got free with Salvatore Alva in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eustaquio Abendano to make the kick off. Nacional Potosí's Nery Pumpido proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Nacional Potosí from getting a goal against them. Cresitobalo Abarca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 59 played minutes Nacional Potosí got a freekick which was hit by Lapurdi Abendano. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eustaquio Abendano in the 62nd minute of play forced Los Inkas's goalkeeper Salvatore Alva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eustaquio Abendano in the 65th minute of play forced Los Inkas's goalkeeper Salvatore Alva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Los Inkas booed when Nacional Potosí was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cordeara Abenda didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Eustaquio Abendano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Salvatore Alva was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Nacional Potosí's Rogelio Abel got a free kick in the 75th minute. Maule Mendi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nery Pumpido having to interfere. If Adolfo Valdenebro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Eustaquio Abendano fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nacional Potosí's protests and gave Eustaquio Abendano a yellow card for diving instead. In the 84th minute, Eustaquio Abendano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Eustaquio Abendano came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Nacional Potosí 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 Eustaquio Abendano couldn't finish the play.