U21 League

Estadio Doña Beija
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) 2 minutes into the game, Fulgencio Chan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Los Hijos de Doña Beija's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave JS 22 the free kick. In the 2nd minute, Fulgencio Chan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 4th minute there was a penalty for JS 22. Epifanio Laffitte stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Marciano Lano. 0-1. Marciano Lano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Epifanio Laffitte in the 9th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the game, JS 22's Saverio Sindo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marciano Lano made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. With a little luck, JS 22's Robert Steffens got control of the ball when Honorio Bonifaco tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Robert Steffens managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Nestor Bernat fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to Los Hijos de Doña Beija getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Nestor Bernat hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Co Gøte in the 33rd minute of play forced Los Hijos de Doña Beija's goalkeeper Marciano Lano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marciano Lano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Everardo Palban in the 36th minute of play. After 38 minutes of play, JS 22's Everardo Palban made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marciano Lano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Honorio Bonifaco hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Marciano Lano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Co Gøte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 45 minutes into the match, Everardo Palban had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marciano Lano. Los Hijos de Doña Beija's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Everardo Palban was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 47th minute, Honorio Bonifaco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half JS 22 were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nestor Bernat stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes, Dale Cabezon mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Los Hijos de Doña Beija and the JS 22 players grew even worse after the yellow card. Dale Cabezon hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. In the 54th minute, Aquilino Baumar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 55 played minutes, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Ernesto Petri shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Robert Steffens came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Los Hijos de Doña Beija reached it. The supporters of Los Hijos de Doña Beija booed when JS 22 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Santos Iago didn't get a good kick on the ball. Everardo Palban could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Marciano Lano made a huge save. Co Gøte took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marciano Lano. Marciano Lano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. After a defensive mix-up in JS 22's zone, Jonatan Su stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Robert Steffens came out of the goal and Jonatan Su tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to JS 22 getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Epifanio Laffitte hit a great ball. Los Hijos de Doña Beija made a substitution. Severino Peli replaced Jonatan Su. Epifanio Laffitte hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nestor Bernat in the 75th minute of play forced JS 22's goalkeeper Robert Steffens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gar Chadov kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. With a little luck, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Marciano Lano got control of the ball when Cayetano Gonsalve tried to sneak it across the goal line. Robert Steffens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Peli in the 80th minute of the match. 83 minutes into the game, Nestor Bernat cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Robert Steffens was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. JS 22's Robert Steffens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nestor Bernat in the 88th minute of play. With his leg Marciano Lano managed to avoid a goal in the 90thth minute, when JS 22's Co Gøte fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Marciano Lano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Siro Crescencio in the 93rd minute of the match. Marciano Lano was a little too slow when Co Gøte got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 94th minute. The score was now 2-6. JS 22's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.