U23 League

La Quemita
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cipriano Florin got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Sportivo Luan Toro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernesto Azeari to maneuver through the defense. 7 minutes into the match, Sportivo Luan Toro's goalkeeper Gabriel Arias had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cipriano Florin. After 8 minutes Sportivo Luan Toro's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Vicente Gerazan who took care of the corner kick. Vicente Gerazan made a great header on La Candela FC's corner, it was just that Sportivo Luan Toro's Gabriel Arias managed to reach the ball for a save. La Candela FC's Benigno Guillem played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Americo Lluc in the 10th minute of play. Benigno Guillem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erubiel Laurin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benigno Guillem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Americo Lluc, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nestor Toribio got free with Gabriel Arias in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 27 minutes into the game, Silvestre Ekialde was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. La Candela FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sportivo Luan Toro the free kick. After a rather tough play, La Candela FC's Silvestre Ekialde got a free kick in the 27th minute. Benigno Guillem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Americo Lluc in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rd minute, La Candela FC's Cipriano Florin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 37th match minute, La Candela FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiburcio Bonadona to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th minute, Amadeo Fliz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Americo Lluc's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benigno Guillem was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. A collision led to La Candela FC getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Nestor Toribio hit a great ball. Benigno Guillem came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by Sportivo Luan Toro's Americo Lluc. But to his dismay, Americo Lluc quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Americo Lluc stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Americo Lluc in the 53rd minute of play forced La Candela FC's goalkeeper Benigno Guillem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Sportivo Luan Toro's Americo Lluc in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye La Candela FC's goalie prevented a goal. Teodosio Eztebe hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in La Candela FC's zone, Erubiel Laurin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benigno Guillem came out of the goal and Erubiel Laurin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Americo Lluc in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Benigno Guillem saved La Candela FC from getting behind. When the match clock showed 69 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Americo Lluc sped through La Candela FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Benigno Guillem. Benigno Guillem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teodosio Eztebe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Americo Lluc put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Benigno Guillem. La Candela FC made a substitution. Bartolo Estebe replaced Amadeo Su. After 86 played minutes La Candela FC got a freekick which was hit by Amadeo Fliz. Benigno Guillem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Americo Lluc, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. After 89 minutes La Candela FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ernesto Azeari who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Ernesto Azeari got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Benigno Guillem quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Erubiel Laurin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benigno Guillem having to interfere. Benigno Guillem made an important save on a dangerous shot by Americo Lluc in the 97th minute. Sportivo Luan Toro played a much better game than La Candela FC and deserved their victory. The La Candela FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.