U23 League

Black Dog FC.
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Black Dog F.C.'s Saturnino Hunfredo 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. Black Dog F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lisandro Abalos in the 6th minute. After taking down the ball on Black Dog F.C.'s corner Lisandro Abalos fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Horacio Vitin quite easily take care of the ball. After 12 played minutes Black Dog F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Marco Henric. Prudencio Ostargi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Moises Edwardo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Horacio Vitin made a huge save. Mauro Gitano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Horacio Vitin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cremonese's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lisandro Abalos was slow to take the kick. During this time Black Dog F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. Lisandro Abalos made a great header on Black Dog F.C.'s corner, it was just that Cremonese's Horacio Vitin managed to reach the ball for a save. Mauro Gitano took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Horacio Vitin. Horacio Vitin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. After 31 minutes of play, Black Dog F.C.'s Saturnino Hunfredo made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Horacio Vitin was left in no man's land by his defense there! 38 minutes into the match, Mauro Gitano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Horacio Vitin. Cremonese's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mauro Gitano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. After a defensive mix-up in Cremonese's zone, Prospero Nuxila stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Horacio Vitin came out of the goal and Prospero Nuxila tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Cremonese getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Bartolo Gerazan hit a great ball. After 46th play minutes Saturnino Hunfredo shot 4-0, a short shot which went by Horacio Vitin and just under the crossbar into goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Prudencio Ostargi to make the kick off. Primitivo Abadia charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Primitivo Abadia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 55th minute of the match Teodosio Niva sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cirilo Naldo skillfully saved the ball. Victorio Txema hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. In the 63rd match minute, Cremonese was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Primitivo Abadia to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lisandro Abalos in the 64th minute of play forced Cremonese's goalkeeper Horacio Vitin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cirilo Naldo was a little too slow when Prudencio Ostargi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 65th minute. The score was now 4-1. Mauro Gitano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horacio Vitin having to interfere. Moises Edwardo hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. When Lisandro Abalos fell near the penalty area in the 75th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Black Dog F.C.'s protests and gave Lisandro Abalos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 75th match minute, Black Dog F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lisandro Abalos to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Cirilo Naldo managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when Cremonese's Prudencio Ostargi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 89 minutes into the game, Bartolo Gerazan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cremonese's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Black Dog F.C. the free kick. In the 89th match minute, Cremonese was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bartolo Gerazan to maneuver through the defense. 97 minutes into the game, Black Dog F.C.'s Prospero Nuxila nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Horacio Vitin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-2. Black Dog F.C. walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.