U21 League

ZORZAL01
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arsenio Maldonado started the match with the kick off. Angelino Baleren hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Timoteo Dolcet charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Timoteo Dolcet the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. ZORZAL01's Mauricio Maura played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruperto Arano in the 5th minute of play. Ruperto Arano took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mauricio Maura. Mauricio Maura 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. Arsenio Maldonado recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 16 played minutes ZORZAL01 got a freekick which was hit by Apolo Dalmau. Mauricio Maura showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruperto Arano in the 18th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the match, Ruperto Arano notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of ZORZAL01's Mauricio Maura. Mauricio Maura was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Ruperto Arano managed to get in a good position for a shot. Shuspendemo's supporters rose to their feet, but Ruperto Arano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mauricio Maura breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Angelino Baleren during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Shuspendemo's Angelino Baleren got a free kick in the 25th minute. Ruperto Arano scored 0-3 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mauricio Maura, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Ruperto Arano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mauricio Maura was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ruperto Arano in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mauricio Maura saved ZORZAL01 from getting behind. Mauricio Maura didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ruperto Arano went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. After the first half Shuspendemo were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ignacio Manuel to strike the kick off in the second half. Ruperto Arano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mauricio Maura having to interfere. When Angelino Baleren was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 55 minutes had been played. The supporters of ZORZAL01 booed when Shuspendemo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angelino Baleren didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ruperto Arano's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mauricio Maura read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 57th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 59 minutes, Mauricio Maura successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 63 played minutes Shuspendemo got a freekick which was hit by Ignacio Manuel. Shuspendemo's Nicolas Cheche was substituted for Ruperto Arano. A collision led to Shuspendemo getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Ignacio Manuel hit a great ball. 67 minutes into the game, Nicolas Cheche recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mauricio Maura. Nicolas Cheche showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6. The audience cheered loudly when Silverio Cebrian's long shot in the 72nd minute became 0-7 when the ball went to the left of and passed Mauricio Maura. When Nicolas Cheche came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the Shuspendemo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nicolas Cheche couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, ZORZAL01's Mauricio Maura got control of the ball when Nicolas Cheche tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Shuspendemo left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ZORZAL01.