U23 League

Río Miño
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sotero Quiroga kicked off to start the match. Mikel Bravo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ren Xi Chen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Ren Xi Chen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mikel Bravo was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 13th minute, Ren Xi Chen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The April 25 SC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 16th minute, Ren Xi Chen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mikel Bravo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 19 minutes into the match, !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s goal looked a bit too open when István Antal came free, but Mikel Bravo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of April 25 SC booed when !Pabellon Ourense C.F. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tonio Mondejar didn't get a good kick on the ball. !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s attentive Andres Salan managed to snatch the ball when Mieszko Trac made a throw-in in the 24th minute of the game. 30 minutes into the match, Ren Xi Chen notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s Mikel Bravo. Mikel Bravo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Ren Xi Chen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mikel Bravo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ren Xi Chen in the 33rd minute of the match. After 34 minutes of play, April 25 SC's Ren Xi Chen made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mikel Bravo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 38 minutes into the match, Ramiro James had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mikel Bravo. !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ramiro James was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. The !Pabellon Ourense C.F. players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. April 25 SC were winning 0-6.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ramiro James to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to !Pabellon Ourense C.F. getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Eladio Borrás hit a great ball. 54 minutes into the game, Sotero Quiroga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-6. Sergio Romero was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sergio Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Delfino Abrego in the 57th minute of the match. Mikel Bravo was out of position in the 61 minute of play, and Ren Xi Chen capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ren Xi Chen really showed his touch with that goal: 1-7. 65 minutes into the match, !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s goalkeeper Mikel Bravo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ren Xi Chen. !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Ren Xi Chen scored to the left of an out of position Mikel Bravo, making the score, 1-8. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Ren Xi Chen took a quick shot and it went in 1-9 without a chance for Mikel Bravo to make any attempt to save it. !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s Andres Salan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Mieszko Trac, made in the 73rd minute of the game. April 25 SC's Sergio Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delfino Abrego in the 75th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as April 25 SC's Ren Xi Chen slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mikel Bravo. That made the score 1-10 after 77 minutes of play. !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s Mikel Bravo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ren Xi Chen in the 83rd minute of play. After 85 played minutes !Pabellon Ourense C.F. got a freekick which was hit by Andres Salan. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramiro James in the 90th minute of play forced !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s goalkeeper Mikel Bravo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ren Xi Chen got free with Mikel Bravo in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.