U18 League

El Cobre
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Norman Bergman took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 6 minutes of play, Cobresal's Mercurio Miquel made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Johnathon Gallo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 10 minutes into the match, Marciano Zuburu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Johnathon Gallo, 3-0. In the 14th minute, Cobresal's Bruno Sologuren dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0. 20 minutes into the match, Mankato's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Sologuren came free, but Johnathon Gallo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Johnathon Gallo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eriberto Pincheira showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 6-0 in the 26 minute of play. Ermegildo Marsano took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Johnathon Gallo. Johnathon Gallo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. Mankato's Johnathon Gallo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eriberto Pincheira in the 34th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ermegildo Marsano got free with Johnathon Gallo in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zavier Prenafeta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dexter Jeffers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mankato's Johnathon Gallo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Mankato from getting a goal against them. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 7-0 at half-time.

When Eriberto Pincheira came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Cobresal 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 Eriberto Pincheira couldn't finish the play. Johnathon Gallo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Sologuren, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Johnathon Gallo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mercurio Miquel in the 59th minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Bruno Sologuren notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Mankato's Johnathon Gallo. Johnathon Gallo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vernon Ambriz kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Cobresal's Ermegildo Marsano tried to score from far away in the 75th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eriberto Pincheira in the 76th minute of play forced Mankato's goalkeeper Johnathon Gallo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Johnathon Gallo came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Cobresal's Bruno Sologuren. But to his dismay, Bruno Sologuren quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-0. 85 minutes into the game, Bruno Sologuren cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 11-0. Johnathon Gallo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mankato's Johnathon Gallo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eriberto Pincheira in the 91st minute of play. In the 92nd minute Mercurio Miquel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johnathon Gallo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zavier Prenafeta was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Norman Bergman capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Norman Bergman really showed his touch with that goal: 11-1. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Cobresal had played much better football throughout.