U23 League

Nestor C. Kirchner
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Christian Eleder started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Lázaro Oto kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. With a little luck, El Millo de Haedo's Gustavo Eusko got control of the ball when Amancio Mikelats tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 8 minutes, Sonny Aae mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Millo de Haedo and the Ruquense FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 7 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for El Millo de Haedo! Amancio Mikelats shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. In the 11th minute of the match El Millo de Haedo got a corner. Ruquense FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lázaro Oto ran over to the corner to take the kick. Christian Eleder fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gustavo Eusko having to interfere. When El Millo de Haedo's Lázaro Oto in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ruquense FC's goalie prevented a goal. After 22 minutes, Teofilo Noe mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ruquense FC and the El Millo de Haedo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 22nd match minute, Ruquense FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teofilo Noe to maneuver through the defense. Anier Txurio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aytuğ Erdursun in the 23rd minute of the match. Amancio Mikelats recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Anier Txurio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Olguín, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aquilino Garci charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aquilino Garci the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Gustavo Eusko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Eleder, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Gustavo Eusko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Eleder, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of El Millo de Haedo booed when Ruquense FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonio Asur didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sixto Vincent in the 37th minute of play forced Ruquense FC's goalkeeper Anier Txurio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the game, El Millo de Haedo's Sixto Vincent nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Anier Txurio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sixto Vincent to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Jorge Olguín reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Anier Txurio. The goal made the score 0-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sixto Vincent got free with Anier Txurio in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 61st play minute Sixto Vincent came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Anier Txurio. 0-3. 64 minutes into the match, Sixto Vincent had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anier Txurio. Ruquense FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sixto Vincent was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Ruquense FC's Christian Eleder got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Ruquense FC booed when El Millo de Haedo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martin Berbiz didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, El Millo de Haedo's Sixto Vincent got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 78th minute, Teofilo Noe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, El Millo de Haedo's Lázaro Oto tried to score from far away in the 78th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 80th minute of the game. One of Ruquense FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of El Millo de Haedo:s goal. The goalkeeper, Anier Txurio, was totally fooled by El Millo de Haedo's Lázaro Oto, who 81 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Anier Txurio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aytuğ Erdursun in the 84th minute. Maximino Rosio kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Sixto Vincent scored 0-6 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anier Txurio, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 95th minute, Jorge Olguín reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Anier Txurio. The goal made the score 0-7. The Ruquense FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching El Millo de Haedo's performance. The match ended with a win for El Millo de Haedo.