U18 League

Monumental EME.TE
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gustavo Haritz kicked off to start the match. Silvestre Maurino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Serafin Haitz having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Big Babousa's Atilano Rivas got a free kick in the 4th minute. Gonzalo Osos short, quick shot in the 7thth minute got Monico Montoya to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 10th minute Aurelio Paio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Monico Montoya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sergio Bertran kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. After 17 minutes, Luisito Abadie mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the O rey Iván and the Big Babousa players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to O rey Iván getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Luisito Abadie hit a great ball. In the 22nd minute of the match O rey Iván got a corner. Big Babousa's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Luisito Abadie ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Big Babousa's goalie and right to Cesar Azeari. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Big Babousa's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Aurelio Paio charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aurelio Paio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 28th minute, Aurelio Paio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 29thth minute of the game Bernabe Bazil who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but O rey Iván's Serafin Haitz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to O rey Iván getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Miguel Remir hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute, Gustavo Haritz 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. Serafin Haitz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Haritz in the 35th minute of the match. In the 39th minute, Cayetano Sergi 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. After a rather tough play, O rey Iván's Cayetano Sergi got a free kick in the 48th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aurelio Paio was the one to do the kick off. Monico Montoya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurelio Paio in the 52nd minute of the match. Cayetano Sergi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Monico Montoya having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelio Paio in the 59th minute of play forced Big Babousa's goalkeeper Monico Montoya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. O rey Iván's Serafin Haitz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save O rey Iván from getting a goal against them. Serafin Haitz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernabe Bazil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the last second Serafin Haitz throw himself and got hold of the ball when Gustavo Haritz in the 71stth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. A throw-in in the 73rd minute of the game was made by Benito Franco with Silvestre Maurino as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cayetano Sergi in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Monico Montoya prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Monico Montoya didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aurelio Paio went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Froilan Gelacio kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Sergio Bertran scored 1-1 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Serafin Haitz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 94th minute Amadeo Isias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Monico Montoya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind O rey Iván's goalkeeper Serafin Haitz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Big Babousa players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.