U21 League

Fortaleza de Progra
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Valle Saron's Felix Onis 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. In the 3rd minute Santo Careaga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tancredo Salablanca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tancredo Salablanca made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Matteo Seda sent off a good shot on target. An unexpected shot in the 8th minute by Matteo Seda got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 10 minutes into the match, Valle Saron's goal looked a bit too open when Santo Careaga came free, but Tancredo Salablanca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Felix Onis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ortzi Aleja was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. After 13 minutes Programayin's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zunbeltz Artealde who took care of the corner kick. Santo Careaga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 23 minutes into the match, Programayin's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Onis came free, but Ortzi Aleja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ortzi Aleja took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Onis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Valle Saron getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Calvet Babia hit a great ball. Valle Saron's Tancredo Salablanca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Valle Saron from getting a goal against them. Santo Careaga did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Tancredo Salablanca 30 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Santo Careaga to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matteo Seda in the 58th minute of play forced Valle Saron's goalkeeper Tancredo Salablanca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute, Santo Careaga left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Programayin fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 67th minute, Felix Onis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ortzi Aleja. The goal made the score 2-1. Tancredo Salablanca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matteo Seda, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Ortzi Aleja made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felix Onis in the 78th minute. 79 minutes into the match, Programayin's goalkeeper Ortzi Aleja had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Felix Onis. Felix Onis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Ortzi Aleja tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Felix Onis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Felix Onis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ortzi Aleja was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Santo Careaga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tancredo Salablanca having to interfere. Many of Valle Saron's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Valle Saron may have spent more time on the ball, but Programayin were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.