U18 League

To The Moon Arena
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Chihuahua StrikerS™'s Cassiano Castanheira started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of Chihuahua StrikerS™ booed when Parque Europa FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valery Cardeñosa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luis Galnares came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Chihuahua StrikerS™'s Cassiano Castanheira. But to his dismay, Cassiano Castanheira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Cassiano Castanheira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Carmelo Olano's late challenge caught a Chihuahua StrikerS™'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carmelo Olano helped the player get up and apologised. In the 10th minute, Carmelo Olano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Parque Europa FC's Luis Galnares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Parque Europa FC from getting a goal against them. When Valery Cardeñosa fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Parque Europa FC's protests and gave Valery Cardeñosa a yellow card for diving instead. In the 16th minute, Valery Cardeñosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Romão Furtado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Orti Figueres's late challenge caught a Chihuahua StrikerS™'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Orti Figueres helped the player get up and apologised. After 21 played minutes Parque Europa FC got a freekick which was hit by Orti Figueres. A collision led to Chihuahua StrikerS™ getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Dércio Pimenta hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Omar Vila managed to get in a good position for a shot. Parque Europa FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Omar Vila was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Júlio Lemos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 28 minutes into the match, Cordairo Torrente had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Júlio Lemos. Chihuahua StrikerS™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cordairo Torrente was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 32nd minute of the game Zacarias Santos made a throw-in which Lúcio Eanes played forward. After 32 played minutes Parque Europa FC got a freekick which was hit by Valery Cardeñosa. Luis Galnares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Romão Furtado in the 35th minute. Luis Galnares made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Romão Furtado sent off a good shot on target. Júlio Lemos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cordairo Torrente's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. Júlio Lemos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cordairo Torrente in the 43rd minute of play. 43 minutes into the match, Chihuahua StrikerS™'s goal looked a bit too open when Cordairo Torrente came free, but Júlio Lemos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Chihuahua StrikerS™'s zone, Cordairo Torrente stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Júlio Lemos came out of the goal and Cordairo Torrente tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cordairo Torrente was the one to do the kick off. Júlio Lemos was a little too slow when Cordairo Torrente got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 54th minute. The score was now 1-2. Júlio Lemos was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Cordairo Torrente capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cordairo Torrente really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. Parque Europa FC's Santi Dobale was substituted for Omar Vila. Parque Europa FC made a substitution. Israel Vagrande replaced Cordairo Torrente. If Israel Vagrande had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Júlio Lemos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Israel Vagrande, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Israel Vagrande took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for Júlio Lemos to make any attempt to save it. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Chihuahua StrikerS™'s goalkeeper Júlio Lemos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 75th minute Israel Vagrande shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Júlio Lemos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience held their breath when Romão Furtado in the 80th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Luis Galnares's left hand side. 88 minutes into the game, Alex Santiago cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Luis Galnares was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Chihuahua StrikerS™ getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Dércio Pimenta hit a great ball. Júlio Lemos was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Israel Vagrande showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-6 in the 96 minute of play. The Chihuahua StrikerS™ supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Parque Europa FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Parque Europa FC.