U23 League

JUVENTUS STADIUM
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alessandro Del Piero made the kick off which started today's match. Victoro Cangas kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. 4 minutes into the game, JUVENTUS BIANCONERI FC's Alessandro Del Piero nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Urtsua Sanabre made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rolando Sanjuan in the 9th minute of play forced JUVENTUS BIANCONERI FC's goalkeeper Nicholas Ochavarri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roneros F.C.'s Urtsua Sanabre proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Roneros F.C. from getting a goal against them. After 12 played minutes Roneros F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Danny Rubinos. Xuoco Zaera hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Urtsua Sanabre made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lilian Thuram in the 14th minute. After a rather tough play, Roneros F.C.'s Ysmael Callergos got a free kick in the 15th minute. In the 17th minute, Alessandro Del Piero reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Urtsua Sanabre. The goal made the score 2-0. In the 20th minute, JUVENTUS BIANCONERI FC's Alessandro Del Piero ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Urtsua Sanabre. Urtsua Sanabre yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. Urtsua Sanabre was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Celestino Fandiño showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 5-0 in the 28 minute of play. After 35 minutes of play, JUVENTUS BIANCONERI FC's Alessandro Del Piero made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Urtsua Sanabre was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Alessandro Del Piero in the 38th minute of play forced Roneros F.C.'s goalkeeper Urtsua Sanabre to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Roneros F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Alessandro Del Piero came free, but Urtsua Sanabre reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute Alessandro Del Piero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urtsua Sanabre saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paúl Zubieta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nicholas Ochavarri having to make a save. 42 minutes into the match, Roneros F.C.'s Ximenez Aller sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nicholas Ochavarri narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Roneros F.C.'s Rolando Sanjuan got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 46th minute, Alessandro Del Piero reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Urtsua Sanabre. The goal made the score 7-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ximenez Aller stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nicholas Ochavarri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ximenez Aller, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Celestino Fandiño received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Urtsua Sanabre tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Urtsua Sanabre took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alessandro Del Piero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Roneros F.C. getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Ximenez Aller hit a great ball. After having played for 66 minutes, Alessandro Del Piero managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. JUVENTUS BIANCONERI FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alessandro Del Piero was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Celestino Fandiño scored 8-0 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Urtsua Sanabre, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Xavier Castella's late challenge caught a JUVENTUS BIANCONERI FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xavier Castella helped the player get up and apologised. Roneros F.C.'s Urtsua Sanabre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alessandro Del Piero in the 87th minute of play. Rolando Sanjuan charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rolando Sanjuan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 94th match minute, Roneros F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rolando Sanjuan to maneuver through the defense. In the 96th minute of the match Lilian Thuram sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Urtsua Sanabre skillfully saved the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. JUVENTUS BIANCONERI FC fully deserved thier win.