U23 League

PORTÓN DEL OESTE
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nestor Fonso started the match with the kick off. Mario Cuenca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Rumaldo in the 6th minute of play. Desiderio Figueroa hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. TALLERES's Mario Cuenca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save TALLERES from getting a goal against them. Sportivo Luan Toro's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Christian Guillelmo in the 12th minute. In the 19th minute Joel Rumaldo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mario Cuenca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joel Rumaldo charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Joel Rumaldo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Joel Rumaldo hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. In the 27th minute, Desiderio Figueroa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Sportivo Luan Toro booed when TALLERES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Albano Bernaldo didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nicanor Osorio during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Sportivo Luan Toro booed when TALLERES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicanor Osorio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joel Rumaldo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 40thth minute, Mario Cuenca skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 42 minutes into the match, Joel Rumaldo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mario Cuenca, 1-0. TALLERES's Mario Cuenca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Rumaldo in the 45th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Joel Rumaldo made the kick off in the second half. Joaquin Mingo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nahuel Bustos in the 51st minute of the match. A collision led to TALLERES getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Guaberto Fertus hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erubiel Laurin in the 54th minute of play forced TALLERES's goalkeeper Mario Cuenca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erubiel Laurin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Nahuel Bustos came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the TALLERES fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nahuel Bustos couldn't finish the play. When Erubiel Laurin came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Sportivo Luan Toro fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Erubiel Laurin couldn't finish the play. In the 62nd minute, Joel Rumaldo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sportivo Luan Toro fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. When Sportivo Luan Toro's Joel Rumaldo in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye TALLERES's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nahuel Bustos in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Joaquin Mingo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 81 minutes into the match, TALLERES's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Rumaldo came free, but Mario Cuenca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joel Rumaldo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 84th minute, Erubiel Laurin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mario Cuenca was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Albino Maties kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Rumaldo in the 90th minute of play forced TALLERES's goalkeeper Mario Cuenca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute, Nicanor Osorio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sportivo Luan Toro's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.