U21 League

PLAYSTATION BOWL
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rigoberto Hechter kicked off to start the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Abelardo Raitin during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Nicanor Santana's late challenge caught a Simoneta FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nicanor Santana helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th minute of the match Gustavo Eriz sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Feliberto Ortle skillfully saved the ball. Alfredão Freitas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nereo Sanchez, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Santos Garikoitz charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Santos Garikoitz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Santos Garikoitz kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Miliano in the 22nd minute of play forced WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Feliberto Ortle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustavo Eriz hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. In the 48th minute Rigoberto Hechter shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredão Freitas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Simoneta FC were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adrian Miliano to make the kick off. Manuel Ovando received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Feliberto Ortle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of WINNING ELEVEN booed when Simoneta FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrian Miliano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nereo Sanchez scored 1-2 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alfredão Freitas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Simoneta FC's Alfredão Freitas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rigoberto Hechter in the 65th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Simoneta FC's Manuel Ovando slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Feliberto Ortle. That made the score 1-3 after 67 minutes of play. Alfredão Freitas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rigoberto Hechter, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Alfredão Freitas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Raitin in the 79th minute of the match. Ivan Atarrabi kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Feliberto Ortle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Miliano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With 83 minutes on the clock, Feliberto Marko commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 85th minute, Nicanor Santana left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The WINNING ELEVEN fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Gustavo Eriz hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Alfredão Freitas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nereo Sanchez went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.