U23 League

Arrecifes
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gilberto Jakobe made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Arrecifes booed when El retorno del Pincha was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Justo Pancho didn't get a good kick on the ball. 6 minutes into the match, Gilberto Jakobe had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roy Peto. El retorno del Pincha's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gilberto Jakobe was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind El retorno del Pincha's goalkeeper Roy Peto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After having played for 15 minutes, Hugo Nicholas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arrecifes's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hugo Nicholas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of El retorno del Pincha booed when Arrecifes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carlos Marcones didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roy Peto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gilberto Jakobe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chiquinho Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Silviano in the 24th minute of the match. Oddbjørn Haugli kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. 38 minutes into the match, Arrecifes's Gilberto Jakobe sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roy Peto narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gilberto Jakobe hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. When Gilberto Jakobe got the opportunity to take care of a free kick it resulted in a really dangerous shot that almost went in the goal. Instead the ball went too high, a missed opportunity for Arrecifes. Gilberto Jakobe kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. A collision led to El retorno del Pincha getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Enrique Txartiko hit a great ball. In the 45th minute Gilberto Jakobe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roy Peto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arrecifes's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cesar Gau in the 46th minute. After taking down the ball on Arrecifes's corner Cesar Gau fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Roy Peto quite easily take care of the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jairo Theodore was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, El retorno del Pincha's Luis Silviano got a free kick in the 54th minute. When Justo Pancho fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El retorno del Pincha's protests and gave Justo Pancho a yellow card for diving instead. Justo Pancho kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Arrecifes made a substitution. Igor Emmanuel replaced Gilberto Jakobe. In the 64th minute of the game Afonso Tremura made a throw-in which Igor Emmanuel played forward. A collision led to El retorno del Pincha getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Justo Pancho hit a great ball. Arrecifes were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after El retorno del Pincha's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cesar Gau took the corner. The corner ended in Oddbjørn Haugli almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but El retorno del Pincha's Roy Peto did a great save. 70 minutes into the match, El retorno del Pincha's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Emmanuel came free, but Roy Peto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Emmanuel in the 75th minute of play forced El retorno del Pincha's goalkeeper Roy Peto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arrecifes were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after El retorno del Pincha's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cesar Gau took the corner. Arrecifes's Cesar Gau was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Roy Peto in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Igor Emmanuel scored 3-0 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roy Peto, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the El retorno del Pincha defense, Igor Emmanuel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roy Peto. The El retorno del Pincha fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roy Peto should have stopped the shot. El retorno del Pincha's Roy Peto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Emmanuel in the 88th minute of play. Oddbjørn Haugli kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Igor Emmanuel might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Roy Peto. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Igor Emmanuel ran back to his position shaking his head. Roy Peto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Emmanuel in the 94th minute of play. In the 97th minute, Igor Emmanuel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arrecifes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Arrecifes were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of El retorno del Pincha for a fine match.