U21 League

ERASMO UBENDU
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Baldomero Bartuelo made the kick off which started today's match. Horacio Xabier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zacarias Erasto blasted a shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Evaristo Urtzi having to make a save. Zacarias Erasto struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Evaristo Urtzi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Stronghold S.A. When Ariel Iliana came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Stronghold S.A 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 Ariel Iliana couldn't finish the play. In the 11th minute, Felix Palben hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Evaristo Urtzi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ariel Iliana in the 13th minute. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Horacio Xabier took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Evaristo Urtzi to make any attempt to save it. In the 23rd minute, Stronghold S.A's Horacio Xabier dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Horacio Xabier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evaristo Urtzi having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Horacio Xabier managed to get in a good position for a shot. Stronghold S.A's supporters rose to their feet, but Horacio Xabier was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Evaristo Urtzi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 34 minutes of play, Stronghold S.A's Ariel Iliana made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Evaristo Urtzi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Horacio Xabier hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Berazategui's Evaristo Urtzi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Berazategui from getting a goal against them. If Zacarias Erasto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 43rd minute, Ariel Iliana left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Stronghold S.A fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. The audience was convinced that Baldomero Bartuelo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Federico Abascal was relentless in the 47th minute of the game.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Horacio Xabier to make the kick off. Stronghold S.A's Horacio Xabier got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Berazategui's Leo Garikoitz got a free kick in the 57th minute. Horacio Xabier scored 6-0 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Evaristo Urtzi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 61 minutes into the match, Berazategui's goal looked a bit too open when Horacio Xabier came free, but Evaristo Urtzi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Iker Bidari hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Stronghold S.A booed when Berazategui was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felix Palben didn't get a good kick on the ball. Berazategui's Evaristo Urtzi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zacarias Erasto in the 66th minute of play. Evaristo Urtzi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zacarias Erasto went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. 77 minutes into the match, Berazategui's goal looked a bit too open when Ariel Iliana came free, but Evaristo Urtzi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ariel Iliana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Evaristo Urtzi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82ndth minute of the game Horacio Xabier who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Berazategui's Evaristo Urtzi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Federico Abascal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baldomero Bartuelo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Stronghold S.A fans' excitement grew in the 87th match minute when Stronghold S.A's Horacio Xabier looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 9-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Stronghold S.A's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.