U18 League

El Atrapa Sueños
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) In the 5th match minute, Inmortales FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edward Harrison to maneuver through the defense. In the 8th minute Guilherme Abad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rolando Winkler saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 9th minute, Kaxen Abastas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 14 minutes of play, Inmortales FC's Mike Travis made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Argoitz Abellaneda was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, El Pulpo Paceño's Quico Abadia got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 41st minute, Feliciano Abascal 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. Rolando Winkler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Inigo Abechuco in the 43rd minute of play. Argoitz Abellaneda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mike Travis in the 45th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Feliciano Abascal made a kick off. Kimetz Abaurre's late challenge caught a Inmortales FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kimetz Abaurre helped the player get up and apologised. After 51 played minutes El Pulpo Paceño got a freekick which was hit by Kimetz Abaurre. Thanks to some nice moves Mike Travis could shoot a difficult shot in the 52nd minute, which Argoitz Abellaneda however easily saved by the left post. When Kimetz Abaurre was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 59 minutes had been played. Kimetz Abaurre hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mike Travis got free with Argoitz Abellaneda in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 64th minute, Guilherme Abad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot by Winford Barnes from long distance, 65 minutes into the match, got Argoitz Abellaneda's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. If Guilherme Abad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rolando Winkler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guilherme Abad in the 72nd minute of play. Kaxen Abastas hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. When Mike Travis came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Inmortales FC 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 Mike Travis couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Edward Carrasco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Argoitz Abellaneda was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. After 83 played minutes Inmortales FC got a freekick which was hit by Mike Travis. In the 90th minute, Edward Carrasco 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. Edward Carrasco blasted a shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Argoitz Abellaneda having to make a save. The Inmortales FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Inmortales FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.