U23 League

Martin Palermo
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Luis Santana started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Javier Stephen's late challenge caught a Santa Maradona's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Javier Stephen helped the player get up and apologised. After 2 played minutes Gastres FC got a freekick which was hit by Javier Stephen. 4 minutes into the match, Gastres FC's goal looked a bit too open when Octavio Txurio came free, but Virgilio Txilar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Federico Erramun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tor Rosenlund was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Federico Erramun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tor Rosenlund was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. In the 17th minute of the match Gastres FC got a corner. Santa Maradona's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Abelardo Tristan ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Cristo Leocadio heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Virgilio Txilar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luis Santana in the 20th minute. Tor Rosenlund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Federico Erramun in the 21st minute of the match. Tor Rosenlund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Federico Erramun in the 21st minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, Santa Maradona's goal looked a bit too open when Federico Erramun came free, but Tor Rosenlund reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tor Rosenlund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Erramun, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 28thth minute of the game Federico Erramun who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Santa Maradona's Tor Rosenlund was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 29 minutes, Cecilio Ubarna mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Santa Maradona and the Gastres FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 29 played minutes Santa Maradona got a freekick which was hit by Cecilio Ubarna. In the 30th minute of the match Jeremias Tancredo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tor Rosenlund skillfully saved the ball. In the 31st minute, Erasmo Berasko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jeremias Tancredo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Tor Rosenlund tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Octavio Txurio hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. 40 minutes into the match, Federico Erramun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tor Rosenlund. Santa Maradona's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Federico Erramun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. A collision led to Santa Maradona getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Luis Santana hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Federico Erramun in the 44th minute of play forced Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Tor Rosenlund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Santa Maradona players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Gastres FC were winning 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Federico Erramun stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tor Rosenlund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Segundo Bortzaioriz in the 51st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Federico Erramun got free with Tor Rosenlund in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 63 minutes Santa Maradona's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Abelardo Tristan who took care of the corner kick. Cecilio Ubarna got his second yellow card in the match during the 65th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The audience was convinced that Federico Erramun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tor Rosenlund was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. In the 77th minute, Federico Erramun reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tor Rosenlund. The goal made the score 0-3. Virgilio Txilar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Santana, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Virgilio Txilar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Santana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Santa Maradona's Luis Santana in 85 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Virgilio Txilar guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Federico Erramun put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Tor Rosenlund. Arturo Abaurre's late challenge caught a Gastres FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arturo Abaurre helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Santa Maradona fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 90th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 91 minutes, Gastres FC's Federico Erramun got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Tor Rosenlund. Tor Rosenlund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Erramun, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. The Gastres FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Gastres FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.