U23 League

Battle of death
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Du Jun started the match with the kick off. Dromes FC's Lavrentiy Maslyannikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Ramos in the 6th minute of play. In the 6th match minute, Dromes FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafael Porfirio to maneuver through the defense. Lavrentiy Maslyannikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Totín De Leon in the 9th minute of the match. Sergio Gutierrez didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Dromes FC's Efraín Soler shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 15th minute, Reynaldo Navia got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Lavrentiy Maslyannikov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Ramos in the 18th minute of play. When Robin Eriksson fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dromes FC's protests and gave Robin Eriksson a yellow card for diving instead. In the 20th minute, Robin Eriksson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Efraín Soler in the 24th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Sergio Gutierrez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes into the game, Calito Garcia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dromes FC the free kick. In the 25th match minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Calito Garcia to maneuver through the defense. Lavrentiy Maslyannikov made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Calito Garcia sent off a good shot on target. Totín De Leon's late challenge caught a Dromes FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Totín De Leon helped the player get up and apologised. 32 minutes into the match, Dromes FC's goalkeeper Lavrentiy Maslyannikov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Calito Garcia. In the 34th minute José Ramos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lavrentiy Maslyannikov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Du Jun got free in front of the goal in the 36th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Sergio Gutierrez was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Dromes FC's Lavrentiy Maslyannikov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Dromes FC from getting a goal against them.

The wind increased when Diómedes Rodriguez made the kick off in the second half. After 52 played minutes ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ got a freekick which was hit by Jon Birkfeld. Lavrentiy Maslyannikov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Ramos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Totín De Leon took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lavrentiy Maslyannikov. Lavrentiy Maslyannikov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Dromes FC's Lavrentiy Maslyannikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diómedes Rodriguez in the 60th minute of play. Jimmy Wiley took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 65th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sergio Gutierrez. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 68 minutes into the match, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goal looked a bit too open when Efraín Soler came free, but Sergio Gutierrez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute José Ramos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lavrentiy Maslyannikov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sergio Gutierrez made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Reynaldo Navia sent off a good shot on target. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Sergio Gutierrez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ from getting a goal against them. Du Jun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 80 played minutes Dromes FC got a freekick which was hit by Robin Eriksson. Lavrentiy Maslyannikov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Calito Garcia in the 81st minute of play. José Ramos kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. In the 91st minute ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ were awarded a corner. José Ramos went to the cornerflag to take it. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s José Ramos was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Lavrentiy Maslyannikov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Lavrentiy Maslyannikov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Ramos in the 93rd minute of play. After 94 minutes Dromes FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was José Ramos who took care of the corner kick. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s José Ramos was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Lavrentiy Maslyannikov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 97th minute of the match ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ got a corner. Dromes FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. José Ramos ran over to the corner to take the kick. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.