U23 League

El Funebrero
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Gilberto Jakobe made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Arrecifes getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Prudencio Quintyn hit a great ball. Gerardo Elia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gilberto Jakobe's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. Gerardo Elia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilberto Jakobe in the 13th minute of the match. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chacarita Futsal's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. David Tomi was slow to take the kick. During this time Arrecifes's players had a chance to rest. In the 20th minute, Chacarita Futsal's Evaristo Perez dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Chiquinho Romero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Evaristo Perez in the 23rd minute. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 28th minute, but Chiquinho Romero got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Arrecifes hanging dry this time. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Arrecifes's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cecilio Michael was slow to take the kick. During this time Chacarita Futsal's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Chacarita Futsal's corner Cecilio Michael fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Chiquinho Romero quite easily take care of the ball. In the 33rd minute Evaristo Perez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chiquinho Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gilberto Jakobe scored 1-1 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gerardo Elia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Evaristo Perez to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evaristo Perez in the 55th minute of play forced Arrecifes's goalkeeper Chiquinho Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chiquinho Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evaristo Perez in the 57th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Prudencio Quintyn in the 60th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Chacarita Futsal's Mei Feng Ping. When Gilberto Jakobe came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Arrecifes fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Gilberto Jakobe couldn't finish the play. Arrecifes made a substitution. Igor Emmanuel replaced Gilberto Jakobe. Arrecifes's Elberg Monte was substituted for Ayi Sarumpaet. Igor Emmanuel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Igor Emmanuel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Gerardo Elia made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Arrecifes's Cesar Gau got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Gerardo Elia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Igor Emmanuel, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Igor Emmanuel succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-2 in the 79th playminute. Chacarita Futsal made a substitution. Isidro Gaztea replaced Mei Feng Ping. Chacarita Futsal made a substitution. Antonio Fernández replaced Leonardo Joanes. Chiquinho Romero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Milan Starss, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gerardo Elia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cesar Gau in the 88th minute. Cecilio Michael hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Arrecifes walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.