U18 League

Templo de los Dioses
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Genaro Raymundo started the match with the kick off. Academia Club's Hermengildo Arotza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Academia Club from getting a goal against them. Academia Club's Hermengildo Arotza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Tercero in the 9th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Beltrán City FC's Genaro Raymundo got a free kick in the 10th minute. After a rather tough play, Academia Club's Cipriano Corderun got a free kick in the 11th minute. If Tomás Kiliz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fulgencio Ruisko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipolito Elequemedo in the 17th minute of play. Hipolito Elequemedo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 22 minutes into the match, Genaro Raymundo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hermengildo Arotza. Academia Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Genaro Raymundo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Victoriano Columbo kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. A collision led to Academia Club getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Sergio Ritchie hit a great ball. Fulgencio Ruisko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hipolito Elequemedo in the 32nd minute of the match. Fulgencio Ruisko stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hipolito Elequemedo's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hipolito Elequemedo in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fulgencio Ruisko saved Beltrán City FC from getting behind. Academia Club's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fabian Abajas in the 36th minute. Fulgencio Ruisko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Kiliz in the 39th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hipolito Elequemedo in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fulgencio Ruisko saved Beltrán City FC from getting behind. After 45 played minutes Beltrán City FC got a freekick which was hit by Feliberto Bernard. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hipolito Elequemedo to make the kick off. In the 51st minute Victoriano Columbo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hermengildo Arotza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hipolito Elequemedo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Fulgencio Ruisko made a huge save. Genaro Raymundo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Hermengildo Arotza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hermengildo Arotza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victoriano Columbo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Genaro Raymundo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Hermengildo Arotza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hipolito Elequemedo who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 76thth minute tested the skills of Fulgencio Ruisko when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With his leg Fulgencio Ruisko managed to avoid a goal in the 77thth minute, when Academia Club's Hipolito Elequemedo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 78 played minutes Beltrán City FC got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigo Quilo. Academia Club's Fabian Abajas shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 79th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Fulgencio Ruisko but with some difficulty. After some careless play in the Academia Club defense, Genaro Raymundo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hermengildo Arotza. The Academia Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hermengildo Arotza should have stopped the shot. After 93rd play minutes Hipolito Elequemedo shot 3-1, a short shot which went by Fulgencio Ruisko and just under the crossbar into goal. Beltrán City FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.