U18 League

Winchester
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Duro Amor started the match with the kick off. Kinsen Berzosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francesco Morris in the 3rd minute of the match. Teyo Axeitos hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. In the 14th match minute, TiGrEs Fx was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Duro Amor to maneuver through the defense. Kinsen Berzosa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Francesco Morris went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After 17 played minutes Flamengo de San Blás got a freekick which was hit by Jorge Fernández. After 18 minutes, Ignazio Benegas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TiGrEs Fx and the Flamengo de San Blás players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 26 played minutes Flamengo de San Blás got a freekick which was hit by Ulpiano De Gracia. TiGrEs Fx's Kinsen Berzosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ulpiano De Gracia in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Zambrano in the 31st minute of play forced TiGrEs Fx's goalkeeper Kinsen Berzosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Socorro Clemente fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored TiGrEs Fx's protests and gave Socorro Clemente a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, TiGrEs Fx's Socorro Clemente got a free kick in the 32nd minute. The audience was convinced that Duro Amor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edgardo Murillo was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulpiano De Gracia in the 40th minute of play forced TiGrEs Fx's goalkeeper Kinsen Berzosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 42 minutes, Francesco Morris managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Flamengo de San Blás's supporters crossed their fingers, but Francesco Morris was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Francesco Morris took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kinsen Berzosa. Kinsen Berzosa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Francesco Morris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Francesco Morris stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes of play, TiGrEs Fx's Duro Amor made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edgardo Murillo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 57 minutes into the match, TiGrEs Fx's goal looked a bit too open when Fernando Zambrano came free, but Kinsen Berzosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Teyo Axeitos kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Veremundo Clusella charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Veremundo Clusella the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Veremundo Clusella hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Kinsen Berzosa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christian De Gracia in the 70th minute. Flamengo de San Blás's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wiliam Gómez in the 75th minute. Flamengo de San Blás were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after TiGrEs Fx's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Wiliam Gómez took the corner. Fernando Zambrano was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After 82 minutes of play TiGrEs Fx's Veremundo Clusella 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 82nd minute, Veremundo Clusella hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Flamengo de San Blás made a substitution. Alexander Calderón replaced Christian De Gracia. After 84 played minutes, Flamengo de San Blás's Wiliam Gómez shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Kinsen Berzosa came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Flamengo de San Blás reached it. In the 93rd minute Duro Amor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgardo Murillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 93 played minutes Flamengo de San Blás got a freekick which was hit by Francesco Morris. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Flamengo de San Blás walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.