U23 League

El Asilo...
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Manantiales Fc's Juan Riquelme started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Lv Zhen Li showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Riquelme, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Lv Zhen Li showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Riquelme in the 8th minute of the match. In the 10th minute Manantiales Fc were awarded a corner. Tobias Cuarto went to the cornerflag to take it. If Juan Riquelme had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 11th minute Juan Riquelme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lv Zhen Li saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Juan Riquelme managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manantiales Fc's supporters rose to their feet, but Juan Riquelme was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lv Zhen Li breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 33 minutes, Gwendal Puig mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Yala and the Manantiales Fc players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Yala's Gwendal Puig got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Tomas Barea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Lv Zhen Li tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Juan Riquelme blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lv Zhen Li having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Riquelme in the 37th minute of play forced Yala's goalkeeper Lv Zhen Li to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Alberto Jaunti kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Severo Roderigo. That made the score 1-0 in the 40 minute of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Yavuz Acabay to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Yavuz Acabay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severo Roderigo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 58 played minutes Manantiales Fc got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Reno. Juan Riquelme sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 63rd minute, Guillermo Edwardo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 74 minutes into the game, Raul Huly was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Manantiales Fc's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Yala the free kick. In the 74th match minute, Manantiales Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raul Huly to maneuver through the defense. Yavuz Acabay recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Higinio Fidencio made in the 78th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Hong Peng Liang. Gwendal Puig hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Yala's zone, Tobias Cuarto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lv Zhen Li came out of the goal and Tobias Cuarto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Higinio Fidencio made in the 94th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Niki Bundev immediately put the ball in play. Yala's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.