U18 League

Joaquin muñoz
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Club Deportes Santa Cruz's Clemencín Varas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the match, Club Deportes Santa Cruz's goal looked a bit too open when DeAngelo Guevara came free, but Teodosio Cerda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 4th match minute, Club Deportes Santa Cruz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clemente Barros to maneuver through the defense. Teodosio Cerda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from DeAngelo Guevara in the 7th minute of play. After 14 minutes of play, Stowe City's DeAngelo Guevara made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Teodosio Cerda was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Clemencín Varas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Teodosio Cerda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from DeAngelo Guevara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes into the match, Stowe City's Arturo Charles sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Teodosio Cerda narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Raimundo Backhouse sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, DeAngelo Guevara managed to get in a good position for a shot. Stowe City's supporters rose to their feet, but DeAngelo Guevara was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Teodosio Cerda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 41st minute, DeAngelo Guevara ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Teodosio Cerda was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. The supporters of Stowe City booed when Club Deportes Santa Cruz was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raimundo Backhouse didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when DeAngelo Guevara stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raimundo Backhouse in the 52nd minute of play forced Stowe City's goalkeeper Dillon Yoder to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute, DeAngelo Guevara ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Teodosio Cerda was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. In the 65th match minute, Club Deportes Santa Cruz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teodosio Pimentel to maneuver through the defense. After 67 played minutes Stowe City got a freekick which was hit by Dante Ham. After 69 played minutes Stowe City got a freekick which was hit by Dante Ham. The supporters of Stowe City booed when Club Deportes Santa Cruz was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teodosio Pimentel didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 79th minute, DeAngelo Guevara 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. In the 89th minute, Billy Hardy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Stowe City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. A collision led to Club Deportes Santa Cruz getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Raimundo Backhouse hit a great ball. When the final whistle sounded Stowe City left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Club Deportes Santa Cruz.