U23 League

Chorroarín Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kris Palmann made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Guillermo Berasko 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. Tiburcio Iztal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Gao Fei made a huge save. In the 19th match minute, Chorroarín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiburcio Iztal to maneuver through the defense. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Racing Club's goalkeeper Gao Fei, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Real Racing Club booed when Chorroarín was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Faustino Atarratze didn't get a good kick on the ball. Björn Ahlquist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gao Fei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiburcio Iztal in the 35th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Kris Palmann notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Chorroarín's German Txema. German Txema was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tiburcio Iztal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gao Fei having to interfere. In the 45th match minute, Chorroarín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiburcio Iztal to maneuver through the defense. After the first half Real Racing Club were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Guillermo Berasko to make the kick off. After 53 minutes Chorroarín's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Du who took care of the corner kick. With an all-out effort, Real Racing Club's German Txema threw himself towards the right post 62 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kris Palmann, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Gao Fei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guillermo Berasko in the 64th minute of the match. Arnaldo Solustiano's late challenge caught a Chorroarín's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arnaldo Solustiano helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Real Racing Club fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 69th minute. Penalty! Real Racing Club:s Gao Fei showed great skill when he stopped Tiburcio Iztal:s penalty. 70 minutes into the game, Tiburcio Iztal cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Gao Fei was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 73rd minute, Kris Palmann left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Real Racing Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kris Palmann in the 81st minute of play forced Chorroarín's goalkeeper German Txema to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eriberto Poncio might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gao Fei. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eriberto Poncio ran back to his position shaking his head. Kris Palmann received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. German Txema came out and tried to block the shot, but Kris Palmann slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 91st minute. In the 97th minute of the match, Kris Palmann tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but German Txema saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line.