U18 League

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Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Albano Bonadona started the match with the kick off. Tomas Donostia charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomas Donostia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 15th minute, Albano Bonadona reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ovidio Roldan. The goal made the score 1-0. 18 minutes into the game, Emilio Darien cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Ovidio Roldan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Albano Bonadona's late challenge caught a R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Albano Bonadona helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Ψ MΞRTIAN FC Ψ getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Albano Bonadona hit a great ball. Ovidio Roldan was a little too slow when Albano Bonadona got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 26th minute. The score was now 3-0. Emilio Darien scored 5-1 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ovidio Roldan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

58 minutes into the match, Ψ MΞRTIAN FC Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Romeo Su came free, but Maarten Stekelenburg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Benjamin Tolino during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Albano Bonadona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Ovidio Roldan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ψ MΞRTIAN FC Ψ's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Joel Faron 72 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 6-2. With a little luck, Ψ MΞRTIAN FC Ψ's Maarten Stekelenburg got control of the ball when Romeo Su tried to sneak it across the goal line. Maarten Stekelenburg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romeo Su in the 78th minute of play. Ovidio Roldan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Darien in the 80th minute of the match. Romeo Su received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Maarten Stekelenburg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 85 minutes into the game, Albano Bonadona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-2. Ovidio Roldan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 89th match minute, R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Faron to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute Florentino Muno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidio Roldan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ovidio Roldan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emilio Darien, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. R̶Ī̶И̶И̶Є̶Ǥ̶Â̶И's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.