U23 League

Patria Grande
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rogelio Gombal kicked off to start the match. Raul Santxol showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armando Fidele, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. AZURDUY F.C.'s Raul Santxol played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimeno Pitin in the 4th minute of play. In the 7th minute Celtic FC were awarded a corner. Jesus Jon went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Celtic FC's corner Alonzo Ortzi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Raul Santxol quite easily take care of the ball. Raul Santxol took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jimeno Pitin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by AZURDUY F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jesus Jon was slow to take the kick. During this time Celtic FC's players had a chance to rest. Celtic FC's Cirilo Mendiko got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. AZURDUY F.C.'s Raul Santxol played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Armando Fidele in the 16th minute of play. Celtic FC's Angelo Quico proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Celtic FC from getting a goal against them. Arsenio Llorenc fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angelo Quico having to interfere. AZURDUY F.C.'s Raul Santxol played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimeno Pitin in the 37th minute of play. Gonzalo Pudes made in the 41st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Celtic FC's Jesus Jon. Cipriano Chuan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angelo Quico having to interfere. A nice corner shot did that Jesus Jon got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Raul Santxol quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jimeno Pitin was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cirilo Mendiko got free with Raul Santxol in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, AZURDUY F.C.'s Roque Reno got a free kick in the 59th minute. Armando Fidele's late challenge caught a AZURDUY F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Armando Fidele helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Celtic FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Armando Fidele hit a great ball. In the 78th minute, Amador Hitzeder hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, AZURDUY F.C.'s Raul Santxol got control of the ball when Jimeno Pitin tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Celtic FC getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Marcelo Vellito hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Cipriano Chuan managed to get in a good position for a shot. AZURDUY F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Cipriano Chuan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Angelo Quico breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eriberto Shantala kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. With a little luck, AZURDUY F.C.'s Raul Santxol got control of the ball when Jimeno Pitin tried to sneak it across the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, Celtic FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cipriano Chuan came free, but Angelo Quico reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cirilo Mendiko's late challenge caught a AZURDUY F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cirilo Mendiko helped the player get up and apologised. In the 93rd minute, Cirilo Mendiko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.