U21 League

Alberto J. Armando
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Basilio Mateus started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the match, Siro Elazar notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Franja Dorada's Venancio Hodei. Venancio Hodei was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 7th minute, Basilio Mateus made a precise shot to the right of Venancio Hodei. Franja Dorada's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siro Elazar in the 10th minute of play forced Franja Dorada's goalkeeper Venancio Hodei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 23 minutes, Lisandro Remicio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Franja Dorada and the Sarmiento de Resistencia players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 23rd match minute, Franja Dorada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lisandro Remicio to maneuver through the defense. After 24 minutes of play, Sarmiento de Resistencia's Basilio Mateus made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Venancio Hodei was left in no man's land by his defense there! Benigno Manilan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Goito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 31 played minutes Franja Dorada got a freekick which was hit by Gustavo Goito. In the 31st minute Basilio Mateus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Venancio Hodei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sarmiento de Resistencia's Benigno Manilan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Sarmiento de Resistencia from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Basilio Mateus in the 39th minute of play forced Franja Dorada's goalkeeper Venancio Hodei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 40 played minutes Franja Dorada got a freekick which was hit by Lisandro Remicio. Venancio Hodei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Siro Elazar in the 41st minute of the match. A collision led to Sarmiento de Resistencia getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Hernan Sarmento hit a great ball. Isidro Cordeal took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 43rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Benigno Manilan. Sarmiento de Resistencia's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Alfonso Palban could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Benigno Manilan made a huge save. Benigno Manilan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Napier in the 48th minute of play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alfonso Palban made a kick off. Benigno Manilan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Goito in the 52nd minute of the match. Venancio Hodei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Siro Elazar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 71 minutes into the match, Sarmiento de Resistencia's goal looked a bit too open when Alfonso Palban came free, but Benigno Manilan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute Isidro Cordeal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benigno Manilan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Franja Dorada's Venancio Hodei got control of the ball when Siro Elazar tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 86th minute, Lisandro Remicio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 90th minute of the match, Siro Elazar got a very nice opportunity to score, but Venancio Hodei was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Alfonso Palban charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alfonso Palban the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 93rd minute, Alfonso Palban hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 95 minutes into the match, Franja Dorada's goal looked a bit too open when Rodolfo Mambru came free, but Venancio Hodei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match was over Sarmiento de Resistencia could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Franja Dorada throughout the match.