U18 League

José Amalfitani
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Baldomero Frasco got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, La Maquina 9-12-18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victorino Iban to maneuver through the defense. 8 minutes into the match, La Maquina 9-12-18's goalkeeper Nunez Mannie had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Horacio Jerano. Alfredo Txilar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victorino Iban, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 16thth minute of the game Victorino Iban who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Fortín de Floresta's Alfredo Txilar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nunez Mannie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Manuelo, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. When the match clock showed 22 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Horacio Jerano sped through La Maquina 9-12-18's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nunez Mannie. Alfredo Txilar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victorino Iban in the 26th minute of play. Martin Manuelo charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Martin Manuelo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, El Fortín de Floresta's Martin Manuelo got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 36th minute, Timoteo Tomi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Maquina 9-12-18 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Alfredo Txilar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baldomero Frasco in the 41st minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, El Fortín de Floresta's goal looked a bit too open when Victorino Iban came free, but Alfredo Txilar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 45 played minutes El Fortín de Floresta got a freekick which was hit by Simon Baumar.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Horacio Jerano made a kick off. Alfredo Txilar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victorino Iban in the 53rd minute. Alfredo Txilar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Timoteo Tomi in the 55th minute. If Simon Baumar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alfredo Txilar came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by La Maquina 9-12-18's Victorino Iban. But to his dismay, Victorino Iban quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Nunez Mannie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Feliberto Lizbeth in the 64th minute of the match. La Maquina 9-12-18's Nunez Mannie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horacio Jerano in the 67th minute of play. In the 68th minute Martin Pirmin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nunez Mannie saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 70 minutes into the game, when Teo Arce put in a rough tackle. 69 minutes into the game, one of La Maquina 9-12-18:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Nunez Mannie had in the 71stth minute some difficulties stopping Donato Pancho's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After 73 minutes, Horacio Jerano made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. La Maquina 9-12-18's Nunez Mannie tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. El Fortín de Floresta's Simon Baumar got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nunez Mannie made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Manuelo in the 78th minute of play. When El Fortín de Floresta's Horacio Jerano in the 97th minute got a chance for a shot 97th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye La Maquina 9-12-18's goalie prevented a goal. Florentino Izotz charged in rather forcefully in the 97th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Florentino Izotz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 97th match minute, La Maquina 9-12-18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florentino Izotz to maneuver through the defense.