U23 League

Pedro Bidegain
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Epifanio Incendio got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Tio Cosme FC's Epifanio Incendio ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gaudencio Flor. Gaudencio Flor yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Gaudencio Flor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Celedonio Jerardo went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Manuel Dorrego took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Gaudencio Flor to make any attempt to save it. In the 13th minute Hugo Tanio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Agustin Irusta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st minute, Tio Cosme FC's Celedonio Jerardo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-0. Agustin Irusta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hugo Tanio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Epifanio Incendio received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gaudencio Flor came out and tried to block the shot, but Epifanio Incendio slotted it home off the left post making it 6-0 in the 27th minute. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Hugo Tanio put it in 6-1 from a short distance just to the right of Agustin Irusta. Gaudencio Flor made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Epifanio Incendio sent off a good shot on target. Agustin Irusta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eustacio Gizon in the 44th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celedonio Jerardo in the 45th minute of play forced El Tiki-Tiki de Cappa's goalkeeper Gaudencio Flor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 47 minutes, Ruben Checa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tio Cosme FC and the El Tiki-Tiki de Cappa players grew even worse after the yellow card. Agustin Irusta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Etor in the 49th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hugo Tanio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Etor in the 52nd minute of play forced Tio Cosme FC's goalkeeper Agustin Irusta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gaudencio Flor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celedonio Jerardo in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 55th minute, Manuel Dorrego made a precise shot to the right of Gaudencio Flor. El Tiki-Tiki de Cappa's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-1. 59 minutes into the match, Epifanio Incendio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gaudencio Flor. El Tiki-Tiki de Cappa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Epifanio Incendio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-1. Gaudencio Flor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celedonio Jerardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. If Celedonio Jerardo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, Tio Cosme FC's Agustin Irusta got control of the ball when Eustacio Gizon tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gaudencio Flor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Dorrego in the 71st minute of the match. Gaudencio Flor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Celedonio Jerardo went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 9-1 was the resulting score. With a little luck, Tio Cosme FC's Agustin Irusta got control of the ball when Hugo Tanio tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Tio Cosme FC booed when El Tiki-Tiki de Cappa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastian Boselli didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 83rd minute of the match Celedonio Jerardo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gaudencio Flor showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 85 minutes into the game, Tio Cosme FC's Celedonio Jerardo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gaudencio Flor made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 10-1. Gaudencio Flor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celedonio Jerardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Celedonio Jerardo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gaudencio Flor having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Tio Cosme FC had played much better football throughout.