U23 League

Balkiria Alliance G
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) 3 minutes into the match, Du Jun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Xamo Viladrosa. Balkes FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Du Jun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Xamo Viladrosa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Efraín Soler, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. 8 minutes into the match, Balkes FC's goal looked a bit too open when Du Jun came free, but Xamo Viladrosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Lavrentiy Maslyannikov managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when Balkes FC's Iván Sotomayor fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 18th minute Efraín Soler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xamo Viladrosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 20 minutes of play, Dromes FC's Efraín Soler made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xamo Viladrosa was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 26th minute Iván Sotomayor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lavrentiy Maslyannikov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Dromes FC booed when Balkes FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zacarias Sambrano didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Dromes FC's Aldo Arellano got a free kick in the 31st minute. 40 minutes in the game Manuel Montes did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Efraín Soler. In the 46th minute Du Jun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xamo Viladrosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xamo Viladrosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Efraín Soler in the 48th minute of the match. After the first half Dromes FC were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Iván Sotomayor to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Dromes FC booed when Balkes FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Olivar Regulez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Efraín Soler sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 53 minutes, Efraín Soler made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Balkes FC's Xamo Viladrosa tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Xamo Viladrosa came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Dromes FC's Du Jun. But to his dismay, Du Jun quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. The throw-in from Manuel Montes in the 63rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Balkes FC's Zacarias Sambrano. Balkes FC's Olivar Regulez quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Manuel Montes, made in the 65th minute of the game. Xamo Viladrosa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Du Jun in the 69th minute. After 72 played minutes Balkes FC got a freekick which was hit by Zacarias Sambrano. Lavrentiy Maslyannikov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Iván Sotomayor went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Iván Sotomayor in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lavrentiy Maslyannikov saved Dromes FC from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacobo Senen in the 85th minute of play forced Balkes FC's goalkeeper Xamo Viladrosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Balkes FC's Xamo Viladrosa got control of the ball when Jacobo Senen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Xamo Viladrosa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Du Jun went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-5 was the resulting score. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Manuel Montes during the 97th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Manuel Montes kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Dromes FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.