U18 League

YerBiTa Stadium
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) In the 2nd match minute, Taltum FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jimmy Broz to maneuver through the defense. 6 minutes into the match, YerBaTerOs's goal looked a bit too open when Xines Herriaga came free, but Mendez Gamones reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. YerBaTerOs's Mendez Gamones played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xines Herriaga in the 18th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, YerBaTerOs's goal looked a bit too open when Xines Herriaga came free, but Mendez Gamones reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xines Herriaga blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mendez Gamones having to make a save. The audience was convinced that Xines Herriaga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mendez Gamones was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Xines Herriaga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 35 minutes of play, Taltum FC's Xines Herriaga made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mendez Gamones was left in no man's land by his defense there! Franklin Polo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Mendez Gamones tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mendez Gamones showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xines Herriaga, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erwin Avellano to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Ordóñez Cuesta took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Mendez Gamones to make any attempt to save it. After 59 minutes of play, Taltum FC's Zosimo Guadiana made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mendez Gamones was left in no man's land by his defense there! YerBaTerOs's Mendez Gamones played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xines Herriaga in the 65th minute of play. After a rather tough play, YerBaTerOs's Zuzen Melendez got a free kick in the 66th minute. Taltum FC's Xines Herriaga got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Franklin Polo kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Xines Herriaga's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 72ndth minute, Mendez Gamones skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Jácome Covarrubias's late challenge caught a Taltum FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jácome Covarrubias helped the player get up and apologised. In the 73rd match minute, YerBaTerOs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jácome Covarrubias to maneuver through the defense. Mendez Gamones made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franklin Polo in the 80th minute of play. Xines Herriaga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Mendez Gamones made a huge save. Zosimo Guadiana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Mendez Gamones tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Franklin Polo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Taltum FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Franklin Polo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mendez Gamones breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mendez Gamones made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xines Herriaga in the 94th minute of play. Taltum FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.