U23 League

Royal Masters Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Ciriaco Cordarrell started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the game, one of Masters United F.C.:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Masters United F.C.:s Artemio Cristofor showed great skill when he stopped Marcelo Michael:s penalty. In the 5th minute, Marcelo Michael left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SAN LORENZO FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Ciriaco Cordarrell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artemio Cristofor having to interfere. Ciriaco Cordarrell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artemio Cristofor having to interfere. In the 12th minute Raimundo Domiku shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artemio Cristofor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 18th minute of the game. One of Masters United F.C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of SAN LORENZO FC:s goal. Artemio Cristofor had in the 19thth minute some difficulties stopping Marcelo Michael's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Marcelo Michael scored 0-2 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Artemio Cristofor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ciriaco Cordarrell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Artemio Cristofor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ciriaco Cordarrell might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Artemio Cristofor. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ciriaco Cordarrell ran back to his position shaking his head. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ciriaco Cordarrell in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Artemio Cristofor saved Masters United F.C. from getting behind. The supporters of Masters United F.C. booed when SAN LORENZO FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciriaco Cordarrell didn't get a good kick on the ball. John Locke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Ralondo, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Paulo Ralondo to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Ciriaco Cordarrell took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Artemio Cristofor to make any attempt to save it. Ciriaco Cordarrell did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Artemio Cristofor 54 minutes into the match. Ciriaco Cordarrell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Artemio Cristofor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciriaco Cordarrell in the 62nd minute of play forced Masters United F.C.'s goalkeeper Artemio Cristofor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ciriaco Cordarrell took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Artemio Cristofor. Artemio Cristofor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Raimundo Domiku sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Artemio Cristofor was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ciriaco Cordarrell showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 69 minute of play. SAN LORENZO FC made a substitution. Aristides Castel replaced Ciriaco Cordarrell. SAN LORENZO FC made a substitution. Ruperto Erlantz replaced Justino Quinito. Artemio Cristofor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aristides Castel in the 83rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Aristides Castel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artemio Cristofor was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. When the match was over SAN LORENZO FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Masters United F.C. throughout the match.