U18 League

Scrugenkrake Stadium
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mauricio Panero got the match started through his kick off. The audience was convinced that Jurdan Rocandio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gaufred Sagarteguieta was relentless in the 2nd minute of the game. Chus Hidalgo charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chus Hidalgo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 3 played minutes Nacional got a freekick which was hit by Chus Hidalgo. 4 minutes into the match, Nacional's goalkeeper Gaufred Sagarteguieta had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcial Mazule. Oliverio Huergo lost his temper 8 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After a rather tough play, Deportivo ScrugenFC's Oliverio Huergo got a free kick in the 9th minute. When Zenon Señor came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Nacional 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 Zenon Señor couldn't finish the play. In the 13th minute Mero Tenorio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiago Freixes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tiago Freixes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zuriko Ballin, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Tiago Freixes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mendebal Larrechi, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. After some careless play in the Deportivo ScrugenFC defense, Mauricio Panero kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tiago Freixes. The Deportivo ScrugenFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tiago Freixes should have stopped the shot. Jurdan Rocandio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gaufred Sagarteguieta having to interfere. The supporters of Deportivo ScrugenFC booed when Nacional was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chus Hidalgo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bakar Heneses fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gaufred Sagarteguieta having to interfere. Jurdan Rocandio in the 34thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gaufred Sagarteguieta, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Sidoro Zulaica fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tiago Freixes having to interfere. In the 40th match minute, Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zuriko Ballin to maneuver through the defense. Emilio Toraya charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emilio Toraya the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 46 played minutes Deportivo ScrugenFC got a freekick which was hit by Emilio Toraya. In the 47th match minute, Deportivo ScrugenFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rencio Peral to maneuver through the defense. Tiago Freixes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zenon Señor, who was totally free with the ball in the 49th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marcelo Deco made a kick off. Gaufred Sagarteguieta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jurdan Rocandio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 58 minutes, Zenon Señor mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nacional and the Deportivo ScrugenFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 58 played minutes Nacional got a freekick which was hit by Zenon Señor. 62 minutes into the match, Deportivo ScrugenFC's goalkeeper Tiago Freixes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zuriko Ballin. After 68 minutes of play Nacional's Zenon Señor was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 69th match minute, Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zenon Señor to maneuver through the defense. In the 75th minute, Bakar Heneses hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Deportivo ScrugenFC getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Esquipula Manriquez hit a great ball. Marcial Mazule sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jurdan Rocandio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Gaufred Sagarteguieta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Nacional had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.