U23 League

El Matadero
Spectators: 151 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sarracino Abad got the match started through his kick off. Niva Abad kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. In the 5th minute, Jeff Clemons left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The River tu grato nombre fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Arkhyp Polyanskyi hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. With his leg Jayson Burnett managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when Escuadrón Mercenario's Niva Abad fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to Escuadrón Mercenario getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Sarracino Abad hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeff Clemons in the 13th minute of play forced Escuadrón Mercenario's goalkeeper Gorka Abel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. River tu grato nombre's Jayson Burnett played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sarracino Abad in the 15th minute of play. After some careless play in the Escuadrón Mercenario defense, Santo Thomas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gorka Abel. The Escuadrón Mercenario fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gorka Abel should have stopped the shot. In the 24th minute, Niva Abad made a precise shot to the right of Jayson Burnett. River tu grato nombre's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santo Thomas in the 28th minute of play forced Escuadrón Mercenario's goalkeeper Gorka Abel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jayson Burnett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Niva Abad, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. When Tyrone Pepper fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored River tu grato nombre's protests and gave Tyrone Pepper a yellow card for diving instead. Tyrone Pepper hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. After 40 played minutes Escuadrón Mercenario got a freekick which was hit by Perpinya Abeita. The audience was convinced that Niva Abad's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jayson Burnett was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. Sarracino Abad sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Blaine Schaffer was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Blaine Schaffer recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gorka Abel. Blaine Schaffer showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-4. River tu grato nombre's Jayson Burnett played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sarracino Abad in the 56th minute of play. In the 57th minute, Blaine Schaffer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gorka Abel was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. Gorka Abel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santo Thomas in the 64th minute of the match. Jayson Burnett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niva Abad in the 74th minute of play. Santo Thomas's late challenge caught a Escuadrón Mercenario's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santo Thomas helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Escuadrón Mercenario booed when River tu grato nombre was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Santo Thomas didn't get a good kick on the ball. River tu grato nombre's Jayson Burnett played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sarracino Abad in the 79th minute of play. The supporters of Escuadrón Mercenario booed when River tu grato nombre was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marlin Dawson didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Niva Abad's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jayson Burnett was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. River tu grato nombre's Jayson Burnett played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niva Abad in the 90th minute of play. Niva Abad spun around in front of the goal 90 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of River tu grato nombre's goal. Jayson Burnett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niva Abad, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tyrone Pepper kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. The Escuadrón Mercenario supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching River tu grato nombre's performance. The match ended with a win for River tu grato nombre.