Neverland
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kai Havertz got the match started through his kick off. David Raya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martín Palermo in the 5th minute of play. Metal Juniors's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Reinaldo Castro in the 8th minute. In the 9th match minute, Metal Juniors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haroldo Phelipe to maneuver through the defense. David Raya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopoldo Itzaina in the 12th minute of play. In the 14th minute Reinaldo Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Raya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Raya took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martín Palermo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaldo Castro in the 19th minute of play forced Artetas artilleri's goalkeeper David Raya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute Eloy Gaufred shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Raya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kai Havertz in the 24th minute of play forced Metal Juniors's goalkeeper Francisco Nesor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valter Siöman hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Martín Palermo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With an all-out effort, Artetas artilleri's Francisco Nesor threw himself towards the right post 32 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kai Havertz, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Metal Juniors's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ben White was slow to take the kick. During this time Artetas artilleri's players had a chance to rest. A collision led to Metal Juniors getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Leopoldo Itzaina hit a great ball. Francisco Nesor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Ødegaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Itzaina in the 39th minute of play forced Artetas artilleri's goalkeeper David Raya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Justin Timber hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Reinaldo Castro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 43rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for David Raya. Artetas artilleri's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. David Raya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reinaldo Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Martín Palermo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. David Raya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martín Palermo in the 56th minute of play. After 59 minutes, Kai Havertz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Artetas artilleri and the Metal Juniors players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Artetas artilleri's Kai Havertz got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 60th minute, Martín Palermo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Martín Palermo came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Metal Juniors fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Martín Palermo couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Martín Palermo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Metal Juniors's supporters rose to their feet, but Martín Palermo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. David Raya breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Metal Juniors made a substitution. Jonatan Dantae replaced Yani Abalos. Metal Juniors made a substitution. Marco Ireno replaced Eloy Gaufred. In the 69th minute Sergio Dennis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Raya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute, Sergio Dennis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. David Raya was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Gaspar Gerazan hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. When Metal Juniors's Sergio Dennis in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Artetas artilleri's goalie prevented a goal. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Artetas artilleri's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Reinaldo Castro was slow to take the kick. During this time Metal Juniors's players had a chance to rest. Reinaldo Castro made a great header on Metal Juniors's corner, it was just that Artetas artilleri's David Raya managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 92nd minute Sergio Dennis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Raya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artetas artilleri's David Raya proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Artetas artilleri from getting a goal against them. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Metal Juniors walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.
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