U23 League

El Atrapa Sueños
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) In the 6th minute, Pedro Pedro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Deportivo Rodriguez fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 9 minutes into the match, Deportivo Rodriguez's Javier Rodriguez sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zxavian Abeitia narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Marcelo Marcello came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Deportivo Rodriguez 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 Marcelo Marcello couldn't finish the play. Tony Joyce showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio Tolaba in the 21st minute of the match. Prejun Abendano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tony Joyce having to interfere. 27 minutes into the match, El Pulpo Paceño's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Plummer came free, but Zxavian Abeitia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29thth minute of the game Dolfos Abenda who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Deportivo Rodriguez's Tony Joyce was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Deportivo Rodriguez fans' excitement grew in the 31st match minute when Deportivo Rodriguez's Marcelo Marcello looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Estevez Abajas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Tony Joyce tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zxavian Abeitia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jason Douglas, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Zxavian Abeitia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jason Douglas in the 40th minute of play. El Pulpo Paceño's attack was well implemented in the 44th minute, but when Dolfos Abenda was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. El Pulpo Paceño's Rodrigo Ramalho got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The El Pulpo Paceño players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Deportivo Rodriguez were winning 1-2.

With an all-out effort, Deportivo Rodriguez's Zxavian Abeitia threw himself towards the right post 56 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jason Douglas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 59 minutes Deportivo Rodriguez's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Estevez Abajas who took care of the corner kick. El Pulpo Paceño's Prejun Abendano got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tony Joyce stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Prejun Abendano's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. In the 65th minute Julio Tolaba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Joyce saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tony Joyce showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio Tolaba in the 65th minute of the match. Tony Joyce took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Prejun Abendano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Dolfos Abenda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tony Joyce was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Zxavian Abeitia made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Marcelo Marcello sent off a good shot on target. Tony Joyce showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Prejun Abendano, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 79 minutes into the game, El Pulpo Paceño's Prejun Abendano nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tony Joyce made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Pedro Pedro scored 3-3 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zxavian Abeitia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zxavian Abeitia made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Jason Douglas sent off a good shot on target. After 87 minutes, Calvin Rodriguez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Deportivo Rodriguez and the El Pulpo Paceño players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 87th minute, Calvin Rodriguez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd minute Prejun Abendano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tony Joyce saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tony Joyce took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Estevez Abajas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.