U18 League

Estádio Fura Balizas
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when George Beloki got the match started through his kick off. Macedonio Sainz hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. FC Fura Balizas's Vladimiro Guerreiro shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 3rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Xesus Jurado but with some difficulty. José Guarda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xesus Jurado having to interfere. Arcadio Paredes's late challenge caught a FC Fura Balizas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arcadio Paredes helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Spartak de Txurdi getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Arcadio Paredes hit a great ball. With a little luck, Spartak de Txurdi's Xesus Jurado got control of the ball when Gustavo Gameiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Silvino Higuera made in the 14th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jacques Solana. A collision led to FC Fura Balizas getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Eduardo Festas hit a great ball. In the 18th minute of the match Bartolo Novo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tobias Paixão skillfully saved the ball. After some careless play in the Spartak de Txurdi defense, José Guarda kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Xesus Jurado. The Spartak de Txurdi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Xesus Jurado should have stopped the shot. In the 35th minute Vladimiro Guerreiro suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. When Osoro Amorebieta fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Spartak de Txurdi's protests and gave Osoro Amorebieta a yellow card for diving instead. Osoro Amorebieta kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when José Guarda stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Xesus Jurado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Guarda in the 52nd minute of the match. 56 minutes into the match, FC Fura Balizas's goalkeeper Tobias Paixão had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by George Beloki. The supporters of Spartak de Txurdi booed when FC Fura Balizas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juliano Severiano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xesus Jurado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Guarda in the 59th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Spartak de Txurdi's Tobias Paixão threw himself towards the right post 62 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from George Beloki, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Xesus Jurado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Guarda in the 80th minute of play. Eduardo Festas charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eduardo Festas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Eduardo Festas hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Tobias Paixão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvino Higuera in the 84th minute of the match. Xesus Jurado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Guarda in the 91st minute of play. FC Fura Balizas's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.