U23 League

Leonardo Nayely
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Juan Bautista kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Los Hornos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Esteban Petri was slow to take the kick. During this time Cabezones's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Esteban Petri got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Everardo Francho quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Los Hornos's Everardo Francho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Braulio Tome in the 5th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Duran Hunalp in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Everardo Francho saved Los Hornos from getting behind. 11 minutes into the match, Cabezones's Eriberto Oso sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Everardo Francho narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Pedro Pierres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Everardo Francho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Braulio Tome, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner ended in Justo Froylan almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Los Hornos's Everardo Francho did a great save. A collision led to Cabezones getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Raf Feys hit a great ball. Everardo Francho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Duran Hunalp in the 23rd minute of play. Jeremias Ignatius blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Victoriano Eate having to make a save. With a little luck, Cabezones's Victoriano Eate got control of the ball when Juan Bautista tried to sneak it across the goal line. Everardo Francho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Duran Hunalp in the 30th minute of play. Victoriano Eate took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Bautista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Everardo Francho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Braulio Tome, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Everardo Francho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Braulio Tome in the 39th minute of the match. Duran Hunalp took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Everardo Francho. Everardo Francho dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Duran Hunalp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Everardo Francho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Pedro Pierres hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Los Hornos's Everardo Francho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Braulio Tome in the 45th minute of play. Braulio Tome scored 0-2 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Everardo Francho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Duran Hunalp to make the kick off. Everardo Francho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duran Hunalp in the 53rd minute of the match. Everardo Francho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duran Hunalp, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. 60 minutes into the match, Braulio Tome had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Everardo Francho. Los Hornos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Braulio Tome was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Raf Feys in the 70thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Everardo Francho, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Victoriano Eate took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeremias Ignatius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Juan Bautista came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Los Hornos 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 Juan Bautista couldn't finish the play. In the 79th minute Jeremias Ignatius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victoriano Eate saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In a very dangerous position, a player in Los Hornos fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 82nd minute. Penalty! Everardo Francho had in the 84thth minute some difficulties stopping Esteban Petri's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Pedro Pierres blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Victoriano Eate having to make a save. A collision led to Los Hornos getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Roberto Iruinea hit a great ball. In the 94th play minute Duran Hunalp came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Everardo Francho. 0-4. Everardo Francho came out of the goal in the 98th minute to try and stop a shot by Cabezones's Eriberto Oso. But to his dismay, Eriberto Oso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Cabezones's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.