U23 League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Kurtis Wooten started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Abel Avetisyan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roberto Blue in the 4th minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Tigran Balayan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kurtis Wooten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Marcelo Rius tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Buck Blue hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Tigran Balayan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Laureano Gimenez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes into the game, Damián Blue was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. West Town SC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Khachatryan the free kick. After 25 played minutes West Town SC got a freekick which was hit by Damián Blue. A hard shot 29 in the game by Grigor Grigoryan from a close distance when the talented Marcelo Rius managed to make a qualified save. West Town SC's players were relieved. Khachatryan were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after West Town SC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Abel Avetisyan took the corner. After taking down the ball on Khachatryan's corner Abel Avetisyan fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marcelo Rius quite easily take care of the ball. Tigran Balayan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laureano Gimenez, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After 43 minutes, Radamel Blue mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the West Town SC and the Khachatryan players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, West Town SC's Radamel Blue got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Grigor Grigoryans short, quick shot in the 45thth minute got Marcelo Rius to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After the first half West Town SC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Laureano Gimenez was the one to do the kick off. Marcelo Rius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kurtis Wooten in the 54th minute of play. Marcelo Rius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grigor Grigoryan in the 60th minute of play. Marcelo Rius showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kurtis Wooten, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After having played for 63 minutes, Grigor Grigoryan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Khachatryan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Grigor Grigoryan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Khachatryan's Tommy Landis was substituted for Remigiusz Adamus. In the 66th minute of the match Khachatryan got a corner. West Town SC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Abel Avetisyan ran over to the corner to take the kick. Khachatryan's Abel Avetisyan was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marcelo Rius in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Tigran Balayan was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Laureano Gimenez showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 69 minute of play. Khachatryan's Arno Martirosyan was substituted for Alex Raţiu. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by West Town SC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abel Avetisyan was slow to take the kick. During this time Khachatryan's players had a chance to rest. 80 minutes into the match, Kurtis Wooten notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of West Town SC's Marcelo Rius. Marcelo Rius was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Marcelo Rius showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kurtis Wooten, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Tigran Balayan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laureano Gimenez in the 86th minute of play. 87 minutes into the game, Buck Blue was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. West Town SC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Khachatryan the free kick. Buck Blue hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Marcelo Rius took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grigor Grigoryan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abel Avetisyan took the ball and in the 91 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcelo Rius. Marcelo Rius dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. In the 95th minute Grigor Grigoryan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Rius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grigor Grigoryan scored 3-2 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcelo Rius, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.