U18 League

Dragons Lair
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Filomeno Lallane made the kick off which started today's match. Rómulo Jara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tyrell Garrison in the 6th minute of play. 13 minutes into the game, Rage F.C.'s Filomeno Lallane nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dylan Broussard made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. A hard and well directed shot from Quintin Funk led 25 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. Rage F.C.'s Rómulo Jara became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 1-1. Severo Berroeta received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dylan Broussard came out and tried to block the shot, but Severo Berroeta slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 29th minute. Severo Berroeta's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dylan Broussard read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 35th minute of play. In the 39th minute Black Knights FC were awarded a corner. Quintin Funk went to the cornerflag to take it. A well done corner resulted in Tyrell Garrison drilling the ball in to score 2-2 behind Rage F.C.'s goalkeeper. An unexpectedly hard shot by Javier Mayo in the 42nd minute of play forced Rage F.C.'s goalkeeper Rómulo Jara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Javier Mayo took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rómulo Jara. Rómulo Jara dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. The Rage F.C. players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Black Knights FC were winning 2-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Quintin Funk made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Rage F.C.'s Mark Vivar got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Dylan Broussard showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severo Berroeta, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Tyrell Garrison's late challenge caught a Rage F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tyrell Garrison helped the player get up and apologised. Tyrell Garrison hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Javier Mayo was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 66th minute. Black Knights FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Rómulo Jara stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Javier Mayo's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. Franco Livingstone's late challenge caught a Black Knights FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Franco Livingstone helped the player get up and apologised. Quintin Funk recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 78 minutes of play, Rage F.C.'s Juan Carlos Zepeda made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dylan Broussard was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rómulo Jara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Javier Mayo, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Javier Mayo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Rómulo Jara made a huge save. After 91 minutes of play, Black Knights FC's Quintin Funk made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rómulo Jara was left in no man's land by his defense there! 96 minutes into the match, Rage F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Quintin Funk came free, but Rómulo Jara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Black Knights FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Rage F.C..