U23 League

Tierra de Campeones
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcin Siekierka made the kick off which started today's match. Pascual Locaio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Roberto Abad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 6 minutes into the game, Vilhelm Haström was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Victorica AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Leon Platense the free kick. Jonas Lertxun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benicio Jaen in the 11th minute of the match. The throw-in from Camilo Tabor in the 12th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Victorica AFC's Astor Rainerio. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind Leon Platense's goalkeeper Roberto Abad, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pascual Locaio hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. After 20 minutes of play, Leon Platense's Generoso Gomesano made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonas Lertxun was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 24th minute, Benicio Jaen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Leon Platense fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After a rather tough play, Leon Platense's Benicio Jaen got a free kick in the 27th minute. 28 minutes into the match, Benicio Jaen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonas Lertxun. Victorica AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Benicio Jaen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Victorica AFC's Jonas Lertxun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Victorica AFC from getting a goal against them. Jonas Lertxun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeremias Regis in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Carolo Llope hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Leon Platense booed when Victorica AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Astor Rainerio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Astor Rainerio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Abad having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Benito Ixona was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeremias Regis in the 54th minute of play forced Victorica AFC's goalkeeper Jonas Lertxun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Astor Rainerio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Abad having to interfere. Jonas Lertxun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benicio Jaen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Florencio Quinito hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. 77 minutes into the game, Carolo Llope was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Victorica AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Leon Platense the free kick. After a rather tough play, Victorica AFC's Carolo Llope got a free kick in the 77th minute. The supporters of Leon Platense booed when Victorica AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vilhelm Haström didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st minute Jeremias Regis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonas Lertxun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Victorica AFC getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Vilhelm Haström hit a great ball. In the 85th minute of the match Camilo Tabor sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonas Lertxun skillfully saved the ball. After a rather tough play, Leon Platense's Guaberto Gudesteo got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Victorica AFC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.