U21 League

Gigante del Norte
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Marcos Mederi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Benjamin Price showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ismael Ourente in the 2nd minute of the match. Michael Ballack charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Michael Ballack the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. John Valeny got a throw-in 8 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Guillermo Barros Schelloto. The audience was convinced that Marcos Mederi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Róbert Szepesvári was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. In the 13th minute, Marcos Mederi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Characate FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 15 minutes, Daniel Mouricio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Characate FC and the Club Dep. Union Madereros players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Characate FC's John Valeny got a free kick in the 16th minute. After taking down the ball on Club Dep. Union Madereros's corner Geordi Berthelette fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Benjamin Price quite easily take care of the ball. After 21 minutes, Wen Yuan Zhen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Club Dep. Union Madereros and the Characate FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Wen Yuan Zhen hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. 25 minutes into the match, Characate FC's goalkeeper Benjamin Price had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ismael Ourente. 28 minutes into the match, Club Dep. Union Madereros's goal looked a bit too open when Loco Palermo came free, but Róbert Szepesvári reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Club Dep. Union Madereros's Róbert Szepesvári played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Mederi in the 29th minute of play. Characate FC's Loco Palermo got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Marcos Mederi put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Róbert Szepesvári. Club Dep. Union Madereros's Róbert Szepesvári played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Loco Palermo in the 35th minute of play. A collision led to Characate FC getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Primitivo Brun hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Club Dep. Union Madereros's Wen Yuan Zhen got a free kick in the 40th minute. If Loco Palermo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Club Dep. Union Madereros's Leonides Isidor got a free kick in the 43rd minute. After a rather tough play, Club Dep. Union Madereros's Daniel Laurendi got a free kick in the 44th minute. The Club Dep. Union Madereros players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Characate FC were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ismael Ourente to make the kick off. Michael Ballack was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 50th minute. Characate FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ismael Ourente in the 54th minute of play forced Characate FC's goalkeeper Benjamin Price to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benjamin Price didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fabio Dimo went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ismael Ourente in the 59th minute of play forced Characate FC's goalkeeper Benjamin Price to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Club Dep. Union Madereros's Placido Domingues was substituted for Fabio Dimo. Guillermo Barros Schelloto made in the 62nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Guillermo Barros Schelloto however managed to control. 64 minutes in the game John Valeny did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Loco Palermo. In the 66th match minute, Club Dep. Union Madereros was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Laurendi to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Characate FC booed when Club Dep. Union Madereros was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Laurendi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cornelio Servando kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Róbert Szepesvári made an important save on a dangerous shot by Michael Ballack in the 75th minute. Club Dep. Union Madereros's Róbert Szepesvári proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Club Dep. Union Madereros from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Characate FC's zone, Daniel Laurendi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benjamin Price came out of the goal and Daniel Laurendi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Mederi in the 80th minute of play forced Club Dep. Union Madereros's goalkeeper Róbert Szepesvári to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 82 minutes Club Dep. Union Madereros's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Mouricio who took care of the corner kick. Characate FC's Daniel Mouricio was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Róbert Szepesvári in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a rather tough play, Club Dep. Union Madereros's Wen Yuan Zhen got a free kick in the 93rd minute. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Characate FC players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.