U18 League

Politecnico
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcus Maher made the kick off which started today's match. Chayo Aguila received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Quintin Saldana tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Quintin Saldana didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victor Arrelucea went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. With splendid footwork Victor Arrelucea arrived in front of goal to shoot 2-0 by the left pole in the game's 7th minute. In the 10th minute, Frichoso Fermosel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th match minute, Cosmos Soccer Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emilio Felipe Poyer to maneuver through the defense. Carlos Galvan struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Quintin Saldana didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Intimos de Reynoso. In the 17th minute, Taio Lereira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Milio Cuero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Maher, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Milio Cuero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Maher in the 21st minute of play. In the 22nd minute Cosmos Soccer Club were awarded a corner. Claude Tuttle went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Cosmos Soccer Club's Miguel Beltre to fire away a dangerous shot which Milio Cuero despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Claude Tuttle hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Marcus Maher's late challenge caught a Intimos de Reynoso's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marcus Maher helped the player get up and apologised. After 27 played minutes Cosmos Soccer Club got a freekick which was hit by Marcus Maher. 32 minutes into the match, Intimos de Reynoso's goal looked a bit too open when Claude Tuttle came free, but Milio Cuero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Quintin Saldana didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Intimos de Reynoso's Victor Arrelucea shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Taio Lereira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Victor Arrelucea to make the kick off. Quintin Saldana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Arrelucea in the 52nd minute of the match. Taio Lereira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Quintin Saldana having to interfere. In the 58th minute Lucas Aumada shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Quintin Saldana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Marcus Maher notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Intimos de Reynoso's Milio Cuero. Milio Cuero was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Milio Cuero made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Tyson Stanford sent off a good shot on target. After 72 minutes of play Cosmos Soccer Club's Marcus Maher 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. Marcus Maher hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. In the 76th minute, Victor Arrelucea left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Intimos de Reynoso fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Goito Becerril in the 81st minute of play forced Cosmos Soccer Club's goalkeeper Quintin Saldana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Arrelucea in the 94th minute of play forced Cosmos Soccer Club's goalkeeper Quintin Saldana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Intimos de Reynoso walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.