U18 League

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Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Edelmiro Brion kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes, Domingo Alvarez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dromes FC and the Kesoku FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 5th minute, Domingo Alvarez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jeremias Fortun was a little too slow when Edelmiro Brion got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 6th minute. The score was now 1-0. Jeremias Fortun was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ismael Iratxo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 11 minute of play. After 15 played minutes Ismael Iratxo rounded Dromes FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Kesoku FC's Edelmiro Brion slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jeremias Fortun. That made the score 4-0 after 20 minutes of play. Jeremias Fortun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ismael Iratxo in the 23rd minute of the match. If Edelmiro Brion had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 25 played minutes Dromes FC got a freekick which was hit by Isaac Hulberto. 28 minutes into the match, Kesoku FC's goal looked a bit too open when Domingo Alvarez came free, but Justo Umea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ciro Gorri scored 4-1 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Justo Umea, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Edelmiro Brion hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Justo Umea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Esteban Cebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kesoku FC's Justo Umea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Domingo Alvarez in the 36th minute of play. Jeremias Fortun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ismael Iratxo in the 42nd minute of play. Edelmiro Brion might have been able to make a better finish in the 44th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jeremias Fortun. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edelmiro Brion ran back to his position shaking his head.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ciro Gorri to make the kick off. Esteban Cebo kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. In the 57th minute Ismael Iratxo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Fortun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Justo Umea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Esteban Cebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Dromes FC's Jeremias Fortun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edelmiro Brion in the 64th minute of play. Jeremias Fortun didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ismael Iratxo went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-2 was the resulting score. Domingo Alvarez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Justo Umea having to interfere. Jeremias Fortun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tadeo Basajaun in the 73rd minute of play. Esteban Cebo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Justo Umea came out and tried to block the shot, but Esteban Cebo slotted it home off the left post making it 5-3 in the 80th minute. 84 minutes into the match, Ismael Iratxo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jeremias Fortun. Dromes FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ismael Iratxo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-3. Tadeo Basajaun struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Jeremias Fortun didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Kesoku FC. 97 minutes into the match, Dromes FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ismael Iratxo came free, but Jeremias Fortun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edelmiro Brion scored 7-3 in the 99th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jeremias Fortun, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Kesoku FC had won after a very even match.