U23 League

Estadio Varela
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kryspin Ziemba kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Yaji FC booed when Crottos Crotters F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amadeo Tino didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Erasmo Blasi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Freddy Mercurio was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Freddy Mercurio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erasmo Blasi in the 8th minute of the match. Yao Guang Chao made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leonel Messi in the 11th minute. Yaji FC's Yao Guang Chao proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Yaji FC from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Yaji FC's zone, Benigno Elija stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yao Guang Chao came out of the goal and Benigno Elija tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Freddy Mercurio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erasmo Blasi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 25th minute Yaji FC were awarded a corner. Kryspin Ziemba went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 28th minute Leonel Messi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yao Guang Chao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Froilan Paublo kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Kryspin Ziemba's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Freddy Mercurio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. In the 35th minute Hector Herauso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Freddy Mercurio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aristides Phelipe's late challenge caught a Yaji FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aristides Phelipe helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Yaji FC booed when Crottos Crotters F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aristides Phelipe didn't get a good kick on the ball. A throw-in in the 37th minute of the game was made by Amadeo Tino with Benigno Elija as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Yaji FC's Yao Guang Chao played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugo Moralez in the 42nd minute of play. The supporters of Crottos Crotters F.C. booed when Yaji FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erasmo Blasi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yao Guang Chao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Messi in the 47th minute of play. In the 47th match minute, Yaji FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danilo Christobal to maneuver through the defense. In the 49th minute, Leonel Messi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aristides Phelipe to make the kick off. Yaji FC's Yao Guang Chao played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonel Messi in the 54th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Yaji FC's Erasmo Blasi got a free kick in the 57th minute. Yao Guang Chao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Messi in the 59th minute of the match. After 60 played minutes Crottos Crotters F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Froilan Paublo. Crottos Crotters F.C.'s Freddy Mercurio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erasmo Blasi in the 61st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kryspin Ziemba got free with Freddy Mercurio in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 68 minutes into the match, Yaji FC's goal looked a bit too open when Leonel Messi came free, but Yao Guang Chao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Crottos Crotters F.C. made a substitution. Tomas Cibran replaced Eriberto Espiridion. In the 71st minute, Hugo Moralez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 76th minute, Hugo Moralez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Crottos Crotters F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Leonel Messi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yao Guang Chao having to interfere. In the 83rd minute, Benigno Elija made a precise shot to the right of Yao Guang Chao. Yaji FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Yaji FC's attentive Hector Herauso managed to snatch the ball when Eriberto Tancredo made a throw-in in the 86th minute of the game. Freddy Mercurio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erasmo Blasi, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Freddy Mercurio made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Kryspin Ziemba sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonel Messi in the 94th minute of play forced Yaji FC's goalkeeper Yao Guang Chao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Yaji FC booed when Crottos Crotters F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hugo Moralez didn't get a good kick on the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Yaji FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Crottos Crotters F.C..