U18 League

TORQUE ARENA
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) TORQUE F.C.'s Gabriel Isaio started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to TORQUE F.C. getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Severino Tirso hit a great ball. Guaberto Haimar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Pacifico in the 19th minute of the match. Jonatan Liberto's late challenge caught a Deportivo Pergamino's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jonatan Liberto helped the player get up and apologised. After 20 played minutes TORQUE F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Jonatan Liberto. Mateo Paskal was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 21st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Guaberto Haimar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gustavo Pacifico's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. A collision led to TORQUE F.C. getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Severino Tirso hit a great ball. Lázaro Emmanuel might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Guaberto Haimar. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lázaro Emmanuel ran back to his position shaking his head. After 25 minutes, Laureano Pacorro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Deportivo Pergamino and the TORQUE F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Primitivo Vitin fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Deportivo Pergamino's protests and gave Primitivo Vitin a yellow card for diving instead. Primitivo Vitin hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After having played for 27 minutes, Wilfredo Mede managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TORQUE F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Wilfredo Mede was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Deportivo Pergamino's Marcos Bela proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Deportivo Pergamino from getting a goal against them. Guaberto Haimar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lázaro Emmanuel in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rdth minute of the game Gustavo Pacifico who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but TORQUE F.C.'s Guaberto Haimar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to TORQUE F.C. getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Rogelio Estefan hit a great ball. After some careless play in the TORQUE F.C. defense, Gustavo Pacifico kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Guaberto Haimar. The TORQUE F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Guaberto Haimar should have stopped the shot. In the 37th match minute, TORQUE F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacinto Lizardi to maneuver through the defense. If Gustavo Pacifico had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gustavo Pacifico to make the kick off. In the 51st match minute, TORQUE F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Federigo to maneuver through the defense. In the 53rd minute, Lázaro Emmanuel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Guaberto Haimar was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gustavo Pacifico showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 58 minute of play. When Lázaro Emmanuel came up free with the goalie in the 60th 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 Lázaro Emmanuel couldn't finish the play. Guaberto Haimar made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Lázaro Emmanuel sent off a good shot on target. In the 73rd minute, Deportivo Pergamino's Gustavo Pacifico ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Guaberto Haimar. Guaberto Haimar yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. Guaberto Haimar made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Gustavo Pacifico sent off a good shot on target. Jonatan Liberto was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 91 minutes into the match. In the 91st minute, one of TORQUE F.C.: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 TORQUE F.C.. When the match had been going on for 93 minutes, Deportivo Pergamino's Mateo Paskal got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Guaberto Haimar. The TORQUE F.C. fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Deportivo Pergamino were clearly better and deserved to take the win.