U23 League

Estadio Calicas
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Artur Azevedo kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Loures booed when Murcia Promesas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gonza Canturri didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 4th minute, Saul Higuera left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Murcia Promesas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 10 minutes, Cheche Armada mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Murcia Promesas and the Loures players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Azevedo in the 13th minute of play forced Murcia Promesas's goalkeeper Marcelino Leon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolas Vilalobos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saul Higuera, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Norberto Barbosa kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. In the 16th match minute, Loures was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norberto Barbosa to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Perico Urruti in the 20th minute of play forced Loures's goalkeeper Nicolas Vilalobos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Saul Higuera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Nicolas Vilalobos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Saul Higuera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Murcia Promesas's Marcelino Leon proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Murcia Promesas from getting a goal against them. Marcelino Leon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Artur Azevedo in the 33rd minute. In the 34th minute Perico Urruti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Vilalobos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcelino Leon was out of position in the 36 minute of play, and Isidro Diegues capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Isidro Diegues really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. Perico Urruti scored 1-3 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nicolas Vilalobos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Saul Higuera to strike the kick off in the second half. Bazil Gabas hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Marcelino Leon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artur Azevedo in the 56th minute of the match. Artur Azevedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Marcelino Leon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Norberto Barbosa fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Loures's protests and gave Norberto Barbosa a yellow card for diving instead. After 61 played minutes Loures got a freekick which was hit by Norberto Barbosa. In a very dangerous position, a player in Loures fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 64th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Murcia Promesas a penalty, 67 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Saul Higuera, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Loures's Nicolas Vilalobos. 1-4. After a rather tough play, Murcia Promesas's Gonza Canturri got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 71st match minute, Murcia Promesas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bazil Gabas to maneuver through the defense. If Isidro Diegues had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Norberto Barbosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Norberto Barbosa hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Norberto Barbosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Marcelino Leon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Perico Urruti got free with Nicolas Vilalobos in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 93rd minute Isidro Diegues shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelino Leon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolas Vilalobos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Perico Urruti went, in the 98th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score.