U18 League

AA Arena
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eriberto Rast started the match with the kick off. Phil Craft sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, American Airlines's Alistair Heller got a free kick in the 6th minute. Alistair Heller kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. In the 18th minute Eriberto Rast shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anthony Shields saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anthony Shields didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Julián Leal went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Phil Craft kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. 23 minutes into the game, Eriberto Rast cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Anthony Shields was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 30th minute, Ian Gillan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ian Gillan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Anthony Shields tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Inter de Chillán booed when American Airlines was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Titus Guillory didn't get a good kick on the ball. Belmiro Traverso took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 38th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Anthony Shields. American Airlines's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Odón Mackenzie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Titus Guillory, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to American Airlines getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Phil Craft hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Titus Guillory made a kick off. Mark Greenwood hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Titus Guillory fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Odón Mackenzie having to interfere. Eriberto Rast did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-3 to the left of a surprised Anthony Shields 60 minutes into the match. Bairon Bernales hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Odón Mackenzie made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Titus Guillory in the 76th minute of play. Julián Leal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Titus Guillory came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the American Airlines 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 Titus Guillory couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ian Gillan got free with Anthony Shields in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 84 minutes, Phil Craft mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the American Airlines and the Inter de Chillán players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 85 played minutes American Airlines got a freekick which was hit by Phil Craft. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Inter de Chillán eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.