U23 League

Coloso del Parque
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) 4 minutes into the match, Ciclista FC's goal looked a bit too open when Felipe Urre came free, but Crişan Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cenan Savlet charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cenan Savlet the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 6th minute, Cenan Savlet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cayetano Jordy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Crişan Taffarel made a huge save. In the 8th minute Cenan Savlet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Beturian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ernesto Remicio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Crişan Taffarel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gabriel Beturian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lv Ang Si, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Arnulfo Jakobe kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Amador Francesco was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 15th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 19th minute Lv Ang Si shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Beturian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gabriel Beturian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rigoberto Flores, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Ciclista FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Amador Francesco in the 28th minute. At last the ball reached Cenan Savlet at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Loco Cabezon. 0-1. 31 minutes into the game, Cristo Gaufred was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Loco Cabezon's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ciclista FC the free kick. The supporters of Ciclista FC booed when Loco Cabezon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristo Gaufred didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rigoberto Flores recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 39 minutes into the match, Lv Ang Si notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Loco Cabezon's Gabriel Beturian. Gabriel Beturian was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ciclista FC's Crişan Taffarel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Ciclista FC from getting a goal against them.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cayetano Jordy to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience held their breath when Felipe Urre in the 56th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Crişan Taffarel's left hand side. Crişan Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristo Gaufred, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 64 minutes into the game, Lv Ang Si recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gabriel Beturian. Lv Ang Si showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. Ciclista FC's Crişan Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Urre in the 67th minute of play. After 71 played minutes, Loco Cabezon's Felipe Urre shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Crişan Taffarel came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Loco Cabezon reached it. The supporters of Loco Cabezon booed when Ciclista FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Serafin Cidro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Felipe Urre recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Cayetano Jordy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Crişan Taffarel was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Justo Osorio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Beturian having to interfere. After having played for 86 minutes, Cenan Savlet managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ciclista FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cenan Savlet was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 92nd minute, Cayetano Jordy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Ciclista FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.