U21 League

IGNACIO NICOLAS
Spectators: 146 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Angelo Medardo started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Hernán Stam hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bernabe Orlondon in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aquilino Osmundo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Vicente Elija could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Aquilino Osmundo made a huge save. Gladiators's Aquilino Osmundo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Gladiators from getting a goal against them. Bernabe Orlondon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 20th play minute Vicente Elija came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Aquilino Osmundo. 1-0. In the 22nd match minute, FrenaHayBache was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fulgencio Policarpio to maneuver through the defense. When the match clock showed 24 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Vicente Elija sped through Gladiators's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aquilino Osmundo. In the 28th minute, Hugo Abajas 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. Vicente Elija received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aquilino Osmundo came out and tried to block the shot, but Vicente Elija slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 30th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vicente Elija got free with Aquilino Osmundo in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Hugo Abajas came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the FrenaHayBache 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 Hugo Abajas couldn't finish the play. Vicente Elija struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Aquilino Osmundo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FrenaHayBache. Hugo Abajas might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aquilino Osmundo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hugo Abajas ran back to his position shaking his head. Aquilino Osmundo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vicente Elija in the 36th minute. 38 minutes into the game, Hugo Abajas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Aquilino Osmundo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Hugo Abajas succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 5-0 in the 41st playminute. Vicente Elija could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Aquilino Osmundo made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bernabe Orlondon in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aquilino Osmundo saved Gladiators from getting behind. Bernabe Orlondon hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vicente Elija to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Hugo Abajas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aquilino Osmundo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aquilino Osmundo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernabe Orlondon in the 54th minute of the match. Gladiators's Aquilino Osmundo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vicente Elija in the 56th minute of play. Chi-Chi Serna kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FrenaHayBache's Anselmo Abeita got a free kick in the 63rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vicente Elija in the 67th minute of play forced Gladiators's goalkeeper Aquilino Osmundo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute, Vicente Elija left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FrenaHayBache fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. FrenaHayBache's Bernabe Orlondon got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aquilino Osmundo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vicente Elija went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. Aquilino Osmundo came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by FrenaHayBache's Bernabe Orlondon. But to his dismay, Bernabe Orlondon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. After 86 minutes, Hugo Abajas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FrenaHayBache and the Gladiators players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Gladiators booed when FrenaHayBache was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hugo Abajas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gladiators's Aquilino Osmundo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugo Abajas in the 89th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vicente Elija in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aquilino Osmundo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 96 minutes of play, FrenaHayBache's Bernabe Orlondon made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aquilino Osmundo was left in no man's land by his defense there!