U21 League

Carlos Bianchi
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Desiderio Bieito kicked off to start the match. In the 9th minute, Damian Libertad left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aves Negras fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erubiel Montez in the 13th minute of play forced Deportivo Mukenio's goalkeeper Ruben Benvido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ruben Benvido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benito Salomon in the 14th minute of the match. In the 16th minute Erubiel Montez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Benvido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th match minute, Aves Negras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damian Libertad to maneuver through the defense. Ruben Benvido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Libertad in the 22nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erubiel Montez in the 27th minute of play forced Deportivo Mukenio's goalkeeper Ruben Benvido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute of the match Aves Negras got a corner. Deportivo Mukenio's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nicanor Rolado ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Aves Negras's corner Nicanor Rolado fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ruben Benvido quite easily take care of the ball. Erubiel Montez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd minute Damian Libertad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Benvido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 36 minutes into the match, Deportivo Mukenio's goal looked a bit too open when Erubiel Montez came free, but Ruben Benvido reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristo Bermudo hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. In the 41stth minute of the game Erubiel Montez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Deportivo Mukenio's Ruben Benvido was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aves Negras's Damian Libertad got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee felt a red card was in order, 45 minutes into the game, when Urbano Eguzki put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 45th minute of the game. One of Deportivo Mukenio:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Aves Negras:s goal. In the 47th minute there was a penalty for Aves Negras. Nicanor Rolado stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Ruben Benvido. 0-2. The Deportivo Mukenio players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Aves Negras were winning 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Benito Salomon to strike the kick off in the second half. Erubiel Montez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 57 minutes into the match, Deportivo Mukenio's goalkeeper Ruben Benvido had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Benito Salomon. 58 minutes into the match, Leandro Abeita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ruben Benvido. Deportivo Mukenio's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leandro Abeita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. If Leandro Abeita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 68th minute, Aves Negras's Leandro Abeita ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ruben Benvido. Ruben Benvido yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. If Erubiel Montez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ruben Benvido made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Leandro Abeita sent off a good shot on target. Through an outstanding action, after 76 minutes, Ruben Benvido successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Benito Salomon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Ruben Benvido tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Salomon scored 0-5 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ruben Benvido, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ruben Benvido made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Benito Salomon sent off a good shot on target. In the 91stth minute of the game Benito Salomon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Deportivo Mukenio's Ruben Benvido was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Edelmiro Martxot didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Maximiliano Todor went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. Ruben Benvido took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erubiel Montez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aves Negras's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.