U18 League

Diego Maradona D10S
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Marcelo Estebano made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of MORPH booed when Los Hornos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emiliano Jeraldo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marco Lixandro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cosme Manilan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcelo Estebano struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. Epifanio Laurendi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for MORPH. Marco Lixandro came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Los Hornos's Cosme Manilan. But to his dismay, Cosme Manilan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After a rather tough play, Los Hornos's Aureliano Oroitz got a free kick in the 28th minute. In the 30th minute, Pedro Pierres made a precise shot to the right of Marco Lixandro. MORPH's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Lorenzo Sindo was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 32 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute, one of MORPH:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for MORPH. The referee gave Los Hornos a penalty, 35 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Cosme Manilan, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of MORPH's Marco Lixandro. 0-3. Marco Lixandro didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Los Hornos's Pedro Pierres shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Marco Lixandro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cosme Manilan in the 41st minute of play. Hugo Veremundo hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Pierres in the 47th minute of play forced MORPH's goalkeeper Marco Lixandro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cosme Manilan to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Pedro Pierres hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 53 minutes into the match, MORPH's Alfredo Madeo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Epifanio Laurendi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. MORPH's Marco Lixandro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cosme Manilan in the 56th minute of play. The supporters of Los Hornos booed when MORPH was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Robustiano Hegoi didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, MORPH's Robustiano Hegoi got a free kick in the 58th minute. MORPH's Marco Lixandro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cosme Manilan in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute Erubiel Jusepe suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. MORPH's Amancio Gudesteo was substituted for Erubiel Jusepe. After 62 played minutes Los Hornos got a freekick which was hit by Cosme Manilan. Pedro Pierres struck a weak shot in the 67th minute. Marco Lixandro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Los Hornos. Cosme Manilan got a fine position in front of goal ttaking advantage of the opportunity to rumble in 0-6 in the right cross in the 70th match minute before Marco Lixandro had time to react. Marco Lixandro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Pierres in the 73rd minute of the match. Gustavo-Hernán Lanzini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Epifanio Laurendi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 85th minute Pedro Pierres shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Lixandro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Los Hornos getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Hugo Veremundo hit a great ball. In the 90th match minute, Los Hornos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florentino Millano to maneuver through the defense. If Moises Salvator had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, Los Hornos's Emiliano Jeraldo got a free kick in the 94th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Alfredo Madeo managed to get in a good position for a shot. MORPH's supporters rose to their feet, but Alfredo Madeo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Epifanio Laurendi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Los Hornos had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.