U23 League

A Cruz - ORROS
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gerardo Colsa got the match started through his kick off. Gerardo Colsa scored 0-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leonardo Romani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Leonardo Romani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Vacas in the 20th minute of the match. Juan Vacas charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Juan Vacas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 22 played minutes FC CHIVA got a freekick which was hit by Juan Vacas. In the 23rdth minute of the game Andrei Gil who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC CHIVA's Andrés Torres was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Leonardo Romani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jimeno March in the 26th minute of play. In the 34th minute, Gerardo Colsa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leonardo Romani was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 40 minutes into the match, FC CHIVA's goal looked a bit too open when Hitzeder Palomar came free, but Andrés Torres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andrés Torres made an important save on a dangerous shot by Belasko Benito in the 42nd minute. In the 45th minute Hondo Palacios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonardo Romani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half FC CHIVA were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Andrei Gil made the kick off in the second half. Pello Cameno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andrés Torres having to interfere. In the 53rd minute Andrei Gil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrés Torres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC CHIVA's Andrés Torres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Belasko Benito in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrei Gil in the 56th minute of play forced FC CHIVA's goalkeeper Andrés Torres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonardo Romani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerardo Colsa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andrés Torres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hitzeder Palomar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 61st minute Jimeno March shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonardo Romani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Jimeno March had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 67th minute, Gerardo Colsa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Andrés Torres made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hitzeder Palomar in the 68th minute of play. Artemio Arraz made in the 72nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Juan Vacas. Leonardo Romani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Vacas in the 73rd minute of the match. Leonardo Romani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jimeno March in the 76th minute of play. 82 minutes into the match, Jimeno March notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Club Deportivo O IRIXO's Leonardo Romani. Leonardo Romani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 88th minute, Andrei Gil left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Club Deportivo O IRIXO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. FC CHIVA's Hondo Palacios shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 92nd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Leonardo Romani but with some difficulty. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FC CHIVA walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.