U23 League

LA FORTALEZA
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Nacional's Ursino Brunet started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ricart Van Dijk charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ricart Van Dijk the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Juaneizu Merida made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Mario Alberto Millar sent off a good shot on target. SICARIOS Fútbol Club's Gregory House played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ursino Brunet in the 12th minute of play. Gregory House took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ursino Brunet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ursino Brunet spun around in front of the goal 14 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of SICARIOS Fútbol Club's goal. Ursino Brunet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gregory House having to interfere. 21 minutes into the match, Nacional's goal looked a bit too open when Andreo Tolhauzsen came free, but Juaneizu Merida reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Juaneizu Merida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andreo Tolhauzsen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andreo Tolhauzsen in the 31st minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Juaneizu Merida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 33 played minutes Nacional got a freekick which was hit by Leonides Trarigo. After a rather tough play, Nacional's Walme Yurre got a free kick in the 40th minute. With 42 minutes on the clock, Matías Viña commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Matías Viña hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mario Alberto Millar made a kick off. Walme Yurre made in the 52nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ursino Brunet. In the 55th minute, Andreo Tolhauzsen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ursino Brunet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 58 minutes into the match, Andreo Tolhauzsen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Juaneizu Merida. Nacional's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andreo Tolhauzsen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Juaneizu Merida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Alberto Millar, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Juaneizu Merida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Alberto Millar in the 63rd minute of play. A collision led to SICARIOS Fútbol Club getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Nicolas Cebo hit a great ball. SICARIOS Fútbol Club's Tor Reyes quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Walme Yurre, made in the 67th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Walme Yurre in the 71st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by SICARIOS Fútbol Club's Tor Reyes. When Tor Reyes came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the SICARIOS Fútbol Club 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 Tor Reyes couldn't finish the play. Juaneizu Merida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Alberto Millar in the 81st minute of play. Karlos Ahumada scored 2-0 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Juaneizu Merida, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ursino Brunet blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gregory House having to make a save. After 92 played minutes SICARIOS Fútbol Club got a freekick which was hit by Ricart Van Dijk. With a little luck, SICARIOS Fútbol Club's Gregory House got control of the ball when Ursino Brunet tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. SICARIOS Fútbol Club had won after a very even match.