U18 League

Estadio La Escuelita
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Yala's Cristobal Aurken 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. After 4 minutes, Cristobal Aurken mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Yala and the Legacy Youth Academy players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Yala's Cristobal Aurken got a free kick in the 4th minute. Jeremias Marcones kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Lisandro Rameriz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luisito Birjaio, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Benito Guillen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Valentin Eguntsenti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristobal Aurken in the 16th minute of play forced Legacy Youth Academy's goalkeeper Lisandro Rameriz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nunez Normando sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Valentin Eguntsenti made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Cecilio Hever sent off a good shot on target. Luisito Birjaio's late challenge caught a Legacy Youth Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luisito Birjaio helped the player get up and apologised. Luisito Birjaio kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Roberto Quirze managed to get in a good position for a shot. Legacy Youth Academy's supporters rose to their feet, but Roberto Quirze was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Valentin Eguntsenti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Legacy Youth Academy getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Roberto Quirze hit a great ball. With an all-out effort, Legacy Youth Academy's Valentin Eguntsenti threw himself towards the right post 32 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Roberto Quirze, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A collision led to Legacy Youth Academy getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Fabian Rosio hit a great ball. Herminio Richie took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 35th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lisandro Rameriz. Legacy Youth Academy's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The supporters of Legacy Youth Academy booed when Yala was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristobal Aurken didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roberto Quirze fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valentin Eguntsenti having to interfere.

The wind increased when Roberto Quirze made the kick off in the second half. When Luisito Birjaio was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 50 minutes had been played. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Feliberto Joey managed to get in a good position for a shot. Yala's supporters rose to their feet, but Feliberto Joey was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lisandro Rameriz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Legacy Youth Academy's Jeremias Marcones got a free kick in the 60th minute. In the 68th minute, Filiberto Formerio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roberto Quirze in the 70th minute of play forced Yala's goalkeeper Valentin Eguntsenti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristobal Aurken was shown his second yellow card after 72 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of Legacy Youth Academy booed when Yala was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristobal Aurken didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fabian Rosio hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute, Jeremias Marcones hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Roberto Quirze had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 96 minutes, Nunez Normando managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Legacy Youth Academy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nunez Normando was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.