U23 League

LA BOMBONERA
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Anastasio Petrigai kicked off to start the match. Cayetano Perutxo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnoldo Licerio in the 2nd minute of the match. PINGO PINGO's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Abelardo Ramos in the 4th minute. PINGO PINGO's Abelardo Ramos was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Cayetano Perutxo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 6 minutes into the match, Celestino Barbosa notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of PINGO PINGO's Raul Isias. Raul Isias was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 10 minutes of play, the xeneise dream team's Isaac Procopio made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raul Isias was left in no man's land by his defense there! Raul Isias was out of position in the 13 minute of play, and Celestino Barbosa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Celestino Barbosa really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celestino Barbosa in the 17th minute of play forced PINGO PINGO's goalkeeper Raul Isias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cayetano Perutxo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernabe Oto in the 19th minute of play. PINGO PINGO's Raul Isias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save PINGO PINGO from getting a goal against them. Cayetano Perutxo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnoldo Licerio in the 25th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, PINGO PINGO's goal looked a bit too open when Anselmo Indalecio came free, but Raul Isias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Efrain Milian in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cayetano Perutxo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celestino Barbosa in the 31st minute of play forced PINGO PINGO's goalkeeper Raul Isias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anastasio Petrigai got free with Raul Isias in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 38th minute PINGO PINGO were awarded a corner. Abelardo Ramos went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Abelardo Ramos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cayetano Perutxo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Arnoldo Licerio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anastasio Petrigai got free with Raul Isias in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 43rd minute, Federico Frankenhaeuser hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Celestino Barbosa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. the xeneise dream team's Cayetano Perutxo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arnoldo Licerio in the 45th minute of play. PINGO PINGO's Raul Isias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save PINGO PINGO from getting a goal against them. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Arnoldo Licerio made the kick off in the second half. Bernabe Oto might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cayetano Perutxo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bernabe Oto ran back to his position shaking his head. 53 minutes into the game, Arnoldo Licerio recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Cayetano Perutxo. Arnoldo Licerio showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-1. After a rather tough play, PINGO PINGO's Desta Roy got a free kick in the 66th minute. 68 minutes into the match, PINGO PINGO's goal looked a bit too open when Celestino Barbosa came free, but Raul Isias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Arnoldo Licerio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. PINGO PINGO's Raul Isias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isaac Procopio in the 76th minute of play. In the 82nd minute Arnoldo Licerio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cayetano Perutxo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Edgard Rioja hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 87 minutes into the match, Celestino Barbosa notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of PINGO PINGO's Raul Isias. Raul Isias was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 90 minutes into the match, the xeneise dream team's goal looked a bit too open when Efrain Milian came free, but Cayetano Perutxo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st minute Efrain Milian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cayetano Perutxo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. PINGO PINGO's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.