U18 League

Marco van Basten
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Severino Di Giovanni kicked off to start the match. After 7 minutes, Guido Endira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cepicó FC and the Club de la Serpiente players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 7 played minutes Cepicó FC got a freekick which was hit by Guido Endira. After a defensive mix-up in Cepicó FC's zone, Emilio Leheren stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. David Kauldi came out of the goal and Emilio Leheren tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Joel Panfilo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lucio Frascuelo kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Cepicó FC's David Kauldi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilio Leheren in the 20th minute of play. Severino Di Giovanni took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised David Kauldi. David Kauldi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 24th minute, Lucio Frascuelo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Santo Cayo. The goal made the score 1-1. After 28 played minutes Club de la Serpiente got a freekick which was hit by Severino Di Giovanni. Club de la Serpiente's Santo Cayo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucio Frascuelo in the 30th minute of play. The supporters of Club de la Serpiente booed when Cepicó FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafael Otsoa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 38th match minute, Cepicó FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lucio Frascuelo to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Cepicó FC defense, Ruperto Madaleno kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Kauldi. The Cepicó FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Kauldi should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Club de la Serpiente's Santo Cayo got control of the ball when Baldomiro Hernandez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Baldomiro Hernandez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Baldomiro Hernandez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santo Cayo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cepicó FC's David Kauldi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilio Leheren in the 61st minute of play. David Kauldi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severino Di Giovanni, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. David Kauldi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Di Giovanni in the 68th minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Ceferino Rosalio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucio Frascuelo in the 74th minute of play forced Club de la Serpiente's goalkeeper Santo Cayo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Club de la Serpiente's Ruperto Madaleno got a free kick in the 81st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anibal Haritz in the 84th minute of play forced Club de la Serpiente's goalkeeper Santo Cayo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Kauldi made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Ruperto Madaleno sent off a good shot on target. In the 86th minute, Club de la Serpiente's Cristo Cordeal ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind David Kauldi. David Kauldi yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Club de la Serpiente eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.