U23 League

Estadio Mborore
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) El Azulgrana's 谢棋彬 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 rather tough play, El Azulgrana's Cornelio Hitzeder got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Maximiliano Dunixi kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. The supporters of LOS MENTI booed when El Azulgrana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Donato Abarca didn't get a good kick on the ball. El Azulgrana's Teobaldo Celipe suffered a sore thigh after 14 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 15 minutes into the game, Joaquin Miliano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. LOS MENTI's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Azulgrana the free kick. After 22 played minutes LOS MENTI got a freekick which was hit by Everardo Tavio. In the 23rd minute, Ricardo Garin fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The audience was convinced that Omar Cuartio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ladislao Maurino was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Ladislao Maurino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquin Miliano in the 34th minute of play. Donato Abarca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Teodosio Isauro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ricardo Garin in the 37th minute. LOS MENTI's Teodosio Isauro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save LOS MENTI from getting a goal against them. Teodosio Isauro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ricardo Garin in the 47th minute. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Omar Cuartio made a kick off. Ricardo Garin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Teodosio Isauro having to make a save. After having played for 53 minutes, Ricardo Garin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Azulgrana's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ricardo Garin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 谢棋彬 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 谢棋彬 might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Teodosio Isauro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 谢棋彬 ran back to his position shaking his head. Teodosio Isauro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 谢棋彬 in the 70th minute of play. In the 71st minute, El Azulgrana's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ernesto Barbosa fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After 80 played minutes El Azulgrana got a freekick which was hit by Ricardo Garin. With a little luck, El Azulgrana's Ladislao Maurino got control of the ball when Omar Cuartio tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ladislao Maurino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquin Miliano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Teodosio Isauro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Donato Abarca went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. The supporters of LOS MENTI booed when El Azulgrana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jacinto Tuste didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ladislao Maurino made an important save on a dangerous shot by Omar Cuartio in the 94th minute. El Azulgrana's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.