U23 League

Nuevo Gasometro
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) MARTINETA's Natalio Urbasa started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a defensive mix-up in TheBambiTooFurious's zone, Natalio Urbasa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Paulino Dei came out of the goal and Natalio Urbasa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 5 minutes into the game, Natalio Urbasa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Paulino Dei was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Silvestre Bertin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Peruxu, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Uriel Cristos in the 11th minute of play forced TheBambiTooFurious's goalkeeper Paulino Dei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Natalio Urbasa took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Paulino Dei. Paulino Dei dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Valentin Xacintu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Silvestre Bertin was a little too slow when Valentin Xacintu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 20th minute. The score was now 1-2. 27 minutes into the game, TheBambiTooFurious's Martin Peruxu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Silvestre Bertin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. In the 29th minute, Marcos Acuña hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Silvestre Bertin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silverio Ricart, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paulino Dei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Natalio Urbasa in the 31st minute of play. Valentin Xacintu succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-2 in the 33rd playminute. Paulino Dei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Natalio Urbasa in the 35th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natalio Urbasa in the 39th minute of play forced TheBambiTooFurious's goalkeeper Paulino Dei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valentin Xacintu struck a weak shot in the 41st minute. Silvestre Bertin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for TheBambiTooFurious. Martin Peruxu's late challenge caught a MARTINETA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Martin Peruxu helped the player get up and apologised. Martin Peruxu hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute Natalio Urbasa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulino Dei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Martin Peruxu made the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute Silverio Ricart shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvestre Bertin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 66 played minutes MARTINETA got a freekick which was hit by Uriel Cristos. 70 minutes into the match, Natalio Urbasa notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of TheBambiTooFurious's Paulino Dei. Paulino Dei was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Silvestre Bertin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Peruxu in the 76th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Fabrício Bustos managed to get in a good position for a shot. MARTINETA's supporters rose to their feet, but Fabrício Bustos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Paulino Dei breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 81st minute, Uriel Cristos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute, Martin Peruxu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 86th minute, Natalio Urbasa 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. Paulino Dei was out of position in the 88 minute of play, and Uriel Cristos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Uriel Cristos really showed his touch with that goal: 4-4. If Uriel Cristos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. MARTINETA were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.