U23 League

Hogwarts Stadium
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Leo Messi made the kick off which started today's match. Javier Aubets made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nunez Elzuardi in the 3rd minute. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hogwarts's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Patricio Payva was slow to take the kick. During this time ............'s players had a chance to rest. 11 minutes into the match, Hogwarts's goal looked a bit too open when Zenaido Baz came free, but Moreno Gaztelumendi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zenaido Baz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Moreno Gaztelumendi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ............'s Renán Ester got a free kick in the 12th minute. The audience was convinced that Zenaido Baz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Moreno Gaztelumendi was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. In the 16th minute, Renán Ester hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 18th minute, Armando Gurendes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to ............ getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Renán Ester hit a great ball. 20 minutes into the match, ............'s goalkeeper Javier Aubets had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nunez Elzuardi. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apostolos Mantzourakis in the 22nd minute of play forced ............'s goalkeeper Javier Aubets to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Javier Aubets made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Ambrossi Pallar sent off a good shot on target. ............'s Javier Aubets proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save ............ from getting a goal against them. In the 32nd minute Apostolos Mantzourakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Javier Aubets saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leo Messi's late challenge caught a ............'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leo Messi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ............ booed when Hogwarts was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leo Messi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Javier Aubets showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Apostolos Mantzourakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Ambrossi Pallar kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Moreno Gaztelumendi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zenaido Baz in the 39th minute of play. Moreno Gaztelumendi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zenaido Baz in the 42nd minute of the match. A collision led to ............ getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Zenaido Baz hit a great ball. After the first half ............ were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zenaido Baz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Hogwarts booed when ............ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lisandro Borras didn't get a good kick on the ball. Leo Messi might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Javier Aubets. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leo Messi ran back to his position shaking his head. ............ were furious when Humberto Martelo was red carded, 57 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 56 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ............! In the 59th minute there was a penalty for Hogwarts. Oswaldo Andujar stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Javier Aubets. 1-1. When Zenaido Baz fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ............'s protests and gave Zenaido Baz a yellow card for diving instead. Zenaido Baz kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Javier Aubets took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nunez Elzuardi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leo Messi hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. The supporters of Hogwarts booed when ............ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zenaido Baz didn't get a good kick on the ball. 77 minutes into the match, ............'s goal looked a bit too open when Apostolos Mantzourakis came free, but Javier Aubets reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute, Oswaldo Andujar 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. Javier Aubets showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Apostolos Mantzourakis in the 88th minute of the match. In the 90th minute Nunez Elzuardi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Javier Aubets saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of ............ booed when Hogwarts was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Apostolos Mantzourakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Patricio Payva during the 98th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, ............'s Patricio Payva got a free kick in the 98th minute. Despite being the better team, Hogwarts failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.