U23 League

Battle of death
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Emmitt Collier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martín Ulloa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 4 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Martín Ulloa fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. After a rather tough play, San Antonio HotSPURS's Robert McCord got a free kick in the 8th minute. 9 minutes into the game, Guillermo Escalona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Emmitt Collier was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Giancarlo Mora sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Giancarlo Mora received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Emmitt Collier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 20 minutes, Stefanos Kassanos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the San Antonio HotSPURS and the ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ players grew even worse after the yellow card. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Guillermo Escalona got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Emmitt Collier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guillermo Escalona, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. After having played for 30 minutes, José Ramos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s supporters crossed their fingers, but José Ramos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Emmitt Collier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guillermo Escalona in the 31st minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, Guillermo Escalona notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of San Antonio HotSPURS's Emmitt Collier. Emmitt Collier was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 37th minute, Martín Ulloa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emmitt Collier was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Guillermo Escalona took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emmitt Collier. Emmitt Collier dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Emmitt Collier made an important save on a dangerous shot by Martín Ulloa in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Martín Ulloa to make the kick off. Giancarlo Mora might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emmitt Collier. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Giancarlo Mora ran back to his position shaking his head. If Simon Stover had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Guillermo Escalona came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ 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 Guillermo Escalona couldn't finish the play. Jesus Santikurtz hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Lorenzo De Paredes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Micah Erwin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Guillermo Escalona in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye San Antonio HotSPURS's goalie prevented a goal. After 66 minutes of play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Martín Ulloa made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emmitt Collier was left in no man's land by his defense there! Emmitt Collier didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Martín Ulloa shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 8-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Emmitt Collier didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Guillermo Escalona went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. 76 minutes into the game, Sergio Hammer was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. San Antonio HotSPURS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ the free kick. In the 76th minute, Sergio Hammer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Martín Ulloa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emmitt Collier having to interfere. Emmitt Collier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guillermo Escalona, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. After having played for 90 minutes, Guillermo Escalona managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Guillermo Escalona was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. San Antonio HotSPURS's Emmitt Collier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Ramos in the 94th minute of play. There was no doubt that ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ were the better team. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.