U23 League

Gora Heuskal Herria
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rich Lawson kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd match minute, Unikurdos United F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Neomar Lander to maneuver through the defense. 5 minutes into the match, Waialua's goal looked a bit too open when Gorka Astola came free, but Erik Cabrera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gorka Astola in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Erik Cabrera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Unikurdos United F.C. were awarded a corner in the 7th minute after Waialua's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fidensio Mendieta took the corner. A well done corner resulted in Oscar Perez drilling the ball in to score 1-0 behind Waialua's goalkeeper. In the 13th minute, Rich Lawson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erik Cabrera didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Unikurdos United F.C.'s Gorka Astola shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Erik Cabrera was out of position in the 22 minute of play, and Gorka Astola capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gorka Astola really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. Erik Cabrera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gorka Astola, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Waialua's defense didn't have a chance, in the 30th minute, when Gorka Astola scored to the left of an out of position Erik Cabrera, making the score, 5-0. In the 35th minute, Unikurdos United F.C.'s Gorka Astola ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Erik Cabrera. Erik Cabrera yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 6-0. In the 38th minute, Unikurdos United F.C.'s Gorka Astola ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Erik Cabrera. Erik Cabrera yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 7-0. Gorka Astola received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Erik Cabrera came out and tried to block the shot, but Gorka Astola slotted it home off the left post making it 8-0 in the 42nd minute. Erik Cabrera made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Neomar Lander sent off a good shot on target. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 9-0 at half-time.

After some careless play in the Waialua defense, Gorka Astola kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Erik Cabrera. The Waialua fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Erik Cabrera should have stopped the shot. Erik Cabrera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oxel Mendieta in the 64th minute of the match. Oxel Mendieta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Erik Cabrera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 71 minutes into the match, Gorka Astola had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Erik Cabrera. Waialua's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gorka Astola was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 13-0. Erik Cabrera came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Unikurdos United F.C.'s Gorka Astola. But to his dismay, Gorka Astola quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 14-0. Gorka Astola scored 15-0 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Erik Cabrera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 81 minutes into the game, Gorka Astola cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 16-0. Erik Cabrera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Erik Cabrera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gorka Astola went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 17-0 was the resulting score. Waialua's Erik Cabrera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gorka Astola in the 90th minute of play. When the match clock showed 91 minutes, the score became 18-0 when Gorka Astola sped through Waialua's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Erik Cabrera. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Gorka Astola put it in 19-0 from a short distance just to the right of Erik Cabrera. Unikurdos United F.C.'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.