U23 League

Tierra de Campeones
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pedro Ochoa made the kick off which started today's match. Gustavo-Hernán Egoi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Emanuel Laurin came out and tried to block the shot, but Gustavo-Hernán Egoi slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 3rd minute. After 6 minutes of play, Magic is Back's Rubén-Darío Feldmann made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kepa Arrizabalaga was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gustavo-Hernán Egoi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 14 minutes Magic is Back's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aaron Jokin who took care of the corner kick. Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Aaron Jokin was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Emanuel Laurin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Kepa Arrizabalaga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rubén-Darío Feldmann in the 16th minute of play. Emanuel Laurin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Ochoa in the 17th minute of the match. Gustavo-Hernán Egoi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Emanuel Laurin made a huge save. Kepa Arrizabalaga didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Osvaldo Potente went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rubén-Darío Feldmann in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kepa Arrizabalaga prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The Magic is Back fans' excitement grew in the 40th match minute when Magic is Back's Rubén-Darío Feldmann 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 2-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. It was beautiful to see Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Aaron Jokin in action when he in the 45th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance!

Kepa Arrizabalaga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rubén-Darío Feldmann in the 52nd minute of the match. With a little luck, Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Kepa Arrizabalaga got control of the ball when Osvaldo Potente tried to sneak it across the goal line. Emanuel Laurin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ke Xun in the 58th minute of the match. Emanuel Laurin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo-Hernán Egoi in the 59th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Gustavo-Hernán Egoi notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Magic is Back's Emanuel Laurin. Emanuel Laurin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Emanuel Laurin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo-Hernán Egoi in the 71st minute of play. A collision led to Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Ke Xun hit a great ball. A collision led to Magic is Back getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Jeremias Bide hit a great ball. In the 83rd minute Gustavo-Hernán Egoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Laurin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Magic is Back booed when Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leon Trotskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.