U18 League

Arturo Umberto Illia
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tobias Tono started the match with the kick off. Bernardino Olando kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Deportivo Pergamino's Gustavo Pacifico ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Esteve Xacintu. Esteve Xacintu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Marcos Bela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eloy Gimenez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute, Mateo Paskal sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Defensores de Fasano's Esteve Xacintu didn't even have to move. In the 34th minute of the match Defensores de Fasano got a corner. Deportivo Pergamino's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tobias Tono ran over to the corner to take the kick. Marcial Opilano was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 36 minutes into the match, Deportivo Pergamino's goal looked a bit too open when Tobias Tono came free, but Marcos Bela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcos Bela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tobias Tono in the 40th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gustavo Pacifico to make the kick off. Gustavo Pacifico hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. When Gustavo Pacifico came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Deportivo Pergamino 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 Gustavo Pacifico couldn't finish the play. In the 60th minute, Gabriel Jokin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Marcial Opilano came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Defensores de Fasano 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 Marcial Opilano couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bernardino Olando during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 71st minute, Bernardino Olando hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tobias Tono blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marcos Bela having to make a save. Marcos Bela was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tobias Tono showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 87 minute of play. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Gustavo Pacifico put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Esteve Xacintu. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Deportivo Pergamino fans cheered their team off the field, for while Defensores de Fasano had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.