U23 League

Estadio Monumental
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Van Field got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to SOUTH THUNDER getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Van Field hit a great ball. Desiderio Endura had great luck who in the 4thth minute grab hold of the ball when Augusto Lander from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 5th minute of the match Muñeco FC got a corner. SOUTH THUNDER's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Americo Lidon ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Hermengildo Domeka almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but SOUTH THUNDER's Desiderio Endura did a great save. The audience was convinced that Augusto Procopio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emiliano Orixe was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. SOUTH THUNDER's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Augusto Procopio in the 11th minute. 15 minutes into the game, Americo Lidon was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Muñeco FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SOUTH THUNDER the free kick. In the 15th match minute, Muñeco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Americo Lidon to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the SOUTH THUNDER defense, Augusto Lander kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Desiderio Endura. The SOUTH THUNDER fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Desiderio Endura should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augusto Lander in the 20th minute of play forced SOUTH THUNDER's goalkeeper Desiderio Endura to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Americo Lidon made a great header on Muñeco FC's corner, it was just that SOUTH THUNDER's Desiderio Endura managed to reach the ball for a save. Emiliano Orixe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franco Mastantuono, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Augusto Lander kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Desiderio Endura. That made the score 2-0 in the 24 minute of play. Domingos Etxeberri hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Americo Lidon kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. With a little luck, SOUTH THUNDER's Desiderio Endura got control of the ball when Hermengildo Domeka tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Augusto Lander's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Desiderio Endura was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. In the 36th minute of the game, Nicolás Anelka landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. After a rather tough play, SOUTH THUNDER's Norberto Incendio got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Americo Lidon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Desiderio Endura made a huge save. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Augusto Lander to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Augusto Procopio reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Emiliano Orixe. The goal made the score 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augusto Lander in the 57th minute of play forced SOUTH THUNDER's goalkeeper Desiderio Endura to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emiliano Orixe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Van Field in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermengildo Domeka in the 61st minute of play forced SOUTH THUNDER's goalkeeper Desiderio Endura to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Desiderio Endura stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hermengildo Domeka's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. In the 64th match minute, SOUTH THUNDER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norberto Incendio to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Muñeco FC's Hermengildo Domeka got a free kick in the 66th minute. When Franco Mastantuono fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SOUTH THUNDER's protests and gave Franco Mastantuono a yellow card for diving instead. Hermengildo Domeka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Augusto Procopio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emiliano Orixe having to interfere. After some careless play in the Muñeco FC defense, Van Field kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emiliano Orixe. The Muñeco FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emiliano Orixe should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Muñeco FC getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Vladimiro Lazcano hit a great ball. In the 87th minute Hermengildo Domeka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Desiderio Endura saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, Augusto Lander had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Desiderio Endura. SOUTH THUNDER's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Augusto Lander was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. After a rather tough play, Muñeco FC's Vladimiro Lazcano got a free kick in the 95th minute. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind Muñeco FC's goalkeeper Emiliano Orixe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.