U18 League

Auriolam Arena
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bitxintxo Zamora got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute, Gaizka Coira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Auriolam II C.F. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Norberto Vilanova received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Cresitobalo Candela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Norberto Vilanova received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Cresitobalo Candela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 15 minutes into the match, António Colaço notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Auriolam II C.F.'s Cresitobalo Candela. Cresitobalo Candela was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 20 minutes, Claudemiro Coelho made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. Auriolam II C.F.'s Cresitobalo Candela tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Altamora FC defense, Bitxintxo Zamora kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vítor Pádua. The Altamora FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vítor Pádua should have stopped the shot. António Colaço fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cresitobalo Candela having to interfere. After 29 minutes of play, Altamora FC's Claudemiro Coelho made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cresitobalo Candela was left in no man's land by his defense there! Norberto Vilanova sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Auriolam II C.F.'s zone, António Colaço stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cresitobalo Candela came out of the goal and António Colaço tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 39th minute, Maurício Quinaz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cresitobalo Candela was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-6. In the 43rd minute Norberto Vilanova shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cresitobalo Candela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Norberto Vilanova sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Salvador Curado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Norberto Vilanova made a kick off. Vítor Pádua took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaizka Coira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Maurício Quinaz fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Altamora FC's protests and gave Maurício Quinaz a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Altamora FC's Maurício Quinaz got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Through an outstanding action, after 58 minutes, Cresitobalo Candela successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 60th minute, Claudemiro Coelho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cresitobalo Candela. The goal made the score 2-7. In the 62nd match minute, Altamora FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maurício Quinaz to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fran Gómez in the 64th minute of play forced Altamora FC's goalkeeper Vítor Pádua to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaizka Coira in the 65th minute of play forced Altamora FC's goalkeeper Vítor Pádua to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Claudemiro Coelho in the 69thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cresitobalo Candela, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Cresitobalo Candela made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Claudemiro Coelho sent off a good shot on target. Anxel Raya kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Vítor Pádua showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bitxintxo Zamora, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. After 82 minutes, Anxel Raya mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Auriolam II C.F. and the Altamora FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 82nd minute, Anxel Raya hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Auriolam II C.F.'s zone, Norberto Vilanova stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cresitobalo Candela came out of the goal and Norberto Vilanova tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cresitobalo Candela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudemiro Coelho in the 91st minute of the match. Altamora FC's Vítor Pádua played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaizka Coira in the 92nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudemiro Coelho in the 93rd minute of play forced Auriolam II C.F.'s goalkeeper Cresitobalo Candela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 96 minutes into the match, Gaizka Coira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vítor Pádua. Altamora FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gaizka Coira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-7.