U23 League

Joestar Colosseum
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zernin Mendivil kicked off to start the match. Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciro Aguilera in the 2nd minute of play. Cesar Holland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Edgardo Fuica tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Grigor Grigoryan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 13th minute Arin Mndoyants shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgardo Fuica saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s goal looked a bit too open when Arin Mndoyants came free, but Edgardo Fuica reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Edgardo Fuica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arin Mndoyants in the 15th minute of play. Grigor Grigoryan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Edgardo Fuica read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. Eloi Lantaron's late challenge caught a Khachatryan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eloi Lantaron helped the player get up and apologised. In the 19th match minute, ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eloi Lantaron to maneuver through the defense. Edgardo Fuica took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arin Mndoyants, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tigran Balayan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciro Aguilera, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. If Grigor Grigoryan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The long shot by Amador Huarte in the 38th minute really tested Tigran Balayan's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. After a rather tough play, ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Amador Huarte got a free kick in the 40th minute. When Khachatryan's Cesar Holland in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s goalie prevented a goal. After some careless play in the ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ defense, Cesar Holland kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edgardo Fuica. The ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edgardo Fuica should have stopped the shot. Edgardo Fuica showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arin Mndoyants in the 48th minute of the match. 48 minutes into the match, Arin Mndoyants had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edgardo Fuica. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arin Mndoyants was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Arin Mndoyants stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abel Avetisyan got free with Edgardo Fuica in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abel Avetisyan got free with Edgardo Fuica in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 56th minute Khachatryan were awarded a corner. Arin Mndoyants went to the cornerflag to take it. Arin Mndoyants made a great header on Khachatryan's corner, it was just that ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Edgardo Fuica managed to reach the ball for a save. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ made a substitution. Juan José López replaced Sebastiano Cañon. Khachatryan's Remigiusz Adamus was substituted for Nico Tagliafico. Khachatryan's Arno Martirosyan was substituted for Abel Avetisyan. Arin Mndoyants could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Edgardo Fuica made a huge save. 62 minutes into the game, Arin Mndoyants lined in a short shot 0-3 behind a frustrated Edgardo Fuica. Edgardo Fuica took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cesar Holland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute, Eloi Lantaron hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edgardo Fuica made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arin Mndoyants in the 80th minute of play. Edgardo Fuica showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arin Mndoyants in the 80th minute of the match. Tigran Balayan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciro Aguilera in the 82nd minute of play. Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciro Aguilera in the 84th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cesar Holland in the 87th minute of play forced ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s goalkeeper Edgardo Fuica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arin Mndoyants's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 93rdth minute, Edgardo Fuica skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Khachatryan's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.