U23 League

Mataldi
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Einar Sävström started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, AL TOKE FC's goal looked a bit too open when Iraido Treviño came free, but Albano Betadur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 5th minute Iraido Treviño suffered a knee injury and had to be helped off the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rogelio Cai during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Potencial Desperdiciado F's Nicolas Guter was substituted for Iraido Treviño. After 6 played minutes AL TOKE FC got a freekick which was hit by Rogelio Cai. Hugo Ganix took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 7th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Albano Betadur. AL TOKE FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Jimeno Dalmu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Radu Proca made a huge save. Albano Betadur didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Einar Sävström went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. A collision led to AL TOKE FC getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Adolfo Ariando hit a great ball. Jimeno Dalmu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Radu Proca having to interfere. Albano Betadur showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Guter, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Einar Sävström in the 32nd minute of play forced AL TOKE FC's goalkeeper Albano Betadur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osmar Baiano's late challenge caught a AL TOKE FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Osmar Baiano helped the player get up and apologised. In the 36th minute, Osmar Baiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jimeno Dalmu, 37 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 46th minute, Nicolas Guter left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Potencial Desperdiciado F fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Albano Betadur made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Einar Sävström sent off a good shot on target. Rogelio Cai hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Albano Betadur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolas Guter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nicolas Guter came free with the goalkeeper in the 63rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Albano Betadur could save by the left post. After a rather tough play, AL TOKE FC's Jimeno Dalmu got a free kick in the 65th minute. After 65 played minutes, Potencial Desperdiciado F's Hugo Ganix shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Albano Betadur came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Potencial Desperdiciado F reached it. Angelo Frans charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Angelo Frans the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 73rd minute, Angelo Frans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Potencial Desperdiciado F's Angelo Frans got a free kick in the 74th minute. Jimeno Dalmu was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 75th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 76 minutes, Generoso Fanuco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AL TOKE FC and the Potencial Desperdiciado F players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to AL TOKE FC getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Generoso Fanuco hit a great ball. A hard shot by Hugo Ganix from long distance, 77 minutes into the match, got Albano Betadur's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Albano Betadur had great luck who in the 79thth minute grab hold of the ball when Einar Sävström from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. The corner went over the outstretched arms of AL TOKE FC's goalie and right to Nicolas Guter. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. AL TOKE FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Nicolas Guter fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albano Betadur having to interfere. In the 87th minute Nicolas Guter shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Albano Betadur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Potencial Desperdiciado F's Einar Sävström slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Albano Betadur. That made the score 0-3 after 91 minutes of play. 94 minutes into the match, Potencial Desperdiciado F's goal looked a bit too open when Arturo Estebe came free, but Radu Proca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Potencial Desperdiciado F eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.