U23 League

Nueva Italia
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nunez Endira started the match with the kick off. BFC 1982's Abel Bordat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cornelio Quilino in the 3rd minute of play. If Benicio Ruy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Benicio Ruy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abel Bordat was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. After 10 minutes, Nunez Jerico mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BFC 1982 and the Rossobianco players grew even worse after the yellow card. After having played for 11 minutes, Benicio Ruy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rossobianco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Benicio Ruy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ambrosio Etxatxu in the 12th minute of play forced Rossobianco's goalkeeper Bakar Gopala Pillai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ambrosio Etxatxu might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bakar Gopala Pillai. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ambrosio Etxatxu ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 18th minute Nunez Endira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abel Bordat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Benicio Ruy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abel Bordat was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Through an outstanding action, after 30 minutes, Bakar Gopala Pillai successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 40th minute, Nunez Endira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rossobianco fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Cornelio Quilino might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Abel Bordat. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cornelio Quilino ran back to his position shaking his head. Abel Bordat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benicio Ruy in the 47th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ambrosio Etxatxu was the one to do the kick off. Fidel Innocenzio charged in rather forcefully in the 50th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fidel Innocenzio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of BFC 1982 booed when Rossobianco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fidel Innocenzio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bakar Gopala Pillai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hector Napier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rossobianco's Bakar Gopala Pillai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hector Napier in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 61st minute by Benicio Ruy got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 62 minutes into the game, Benicio Ruy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Abel Bordat was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the last second Abel Bordat throw himself and got hold of the ball when Nunez Endira in the 67thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Augusto Bortzaioriz during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Augusto Bortzaioriz kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in BFC 1982 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 70th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 71 minutes, Rossobianco's Rolando Michael got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Abel Bordat. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rossobianco's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ambrosio Etxatxu was slow to take the kick. During this time BFC 1982's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Ambrosio Etxatxu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bakar Gopala Pillai quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jonathan Oroitz hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute Nunez Endira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abel Bordat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abel Bordat stood somewhat misplaced when Benicio Ruy came free in front of goal and shot 0-5 to the left of him in the 85 minute. Ladislao Koldo kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Rossobianco walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.