U23 League

Red Dead Arena
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. Gonzalo Ostargi started the match with the kick off. Cristian Bartoli lost his temper 4 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 5 played minutes Garchofila FC got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Bartoli. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rene Oskitz in the 10th minute of play forced Arthur Morgan´s Club's goalkeeper Samuel Buinton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Fabian Balendin fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Arthur Morgan´s Club's protests and gave Fabian Balendin a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Garchofila FC booed when Arthur Morgan´s Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabian Balendin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonathan Arnas hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. In the 21st minute, Jonathan Olo made a precise shot to the right of Samuel Buinton. Arthur Morgan´s Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Samuel Buinton didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Norberto Sengrat went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Samuel Buinton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Jesco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd minute Gonzalo Ostargi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samuel Buinton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Garchofila FC's German Guifre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maximino Vela in the 34th minute of play. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Garchofila FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fabian Balendin was slow to take the kick. During this time Arthur Morgan´s Club's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Arthur Morgan´s Club's Fabian Balendin to fire away a dangerous shot which German Guifre despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rene Oskitz in the 42nd minute of play forced Arthur Morgan´s Club's goalkeeper Samuel Buinton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samuel Buinton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Olo, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Haroldo Etxatxu made a kick off. In the 54th minute, Maximino Vela left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arthur Morgan´s Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Samuel Buinton was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Rene Oskitz showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 59 minute of play. In the 61st match minute, Garchofila FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Arnas to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute Jose Romelio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but German Guifre saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Garchofila FC booed when Arthur Morgan´s Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciriaco Froylan didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Norberto Sengrat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Samuel Buinton was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. In the 72nd match minute, Arthur Morgan´s Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maximino Vela to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Arthur Morgan´s Club defense, Jonathan Olo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Samuel Buinton. The Arthur Morgan´s Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Samuel Buinton should have stopped the shot. Amadeo Thomas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Samuel Buinton came out and tried to block the shot, but Amadeo Thomas slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 79th minute. Haroldo Etxatxu's late challenge caught a Garchofila FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Haroldo Etxatxu helped the player get up and apologised. Samuel Buinton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amadeo Thomas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Samuel Buinton made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jonathan Olo in the 90th minute. 96 minutes into the match, Arthur Morgan´s Club's goalkeeper Samuel Buinton had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jonathan Olo. When the match had gone on for 98 minutes, Rene Oskitz took a quick shot and it went in 2-6 without a chance for Samuel Buinton to make any attempt to save it. Garchofila FC'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.