U23 League

El Cilindro de Miami
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marco Ruben started the match with the kick off. After 3 played minutes River CBBA got a freekick which was hit by Venancio Che. Trey Echols hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Ignacio Scocco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guilherme Veiga having to interfere. Guilherme Veiga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Ruben in the 10th minute of play. In the 14thth minute of the game Ignacio Scocco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Racing Miami Futbol Club's Guilherme Veiga was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With an all-out effort, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Marcelo Barovero threw himself towards the right post 16 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Romeo Raulo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Filipo Abeita got a throw-in 17 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Alejandro Montenegro. 22 minutes into the match, Racing Miami Futbol Club's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Scocco came free, but Guilherme Veiga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Filipo Abeita hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Romeo Raulo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcelo Barovero was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Guilherme Veiga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khairul Swee in the 29th minute of play. With a little luck, River CBBA's Marcelo Barovero got control of the ball when Trey Echols tried to sneak it across the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, Ignacio Scocco notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Racing Miami Futbol Club's Guilherme Veiga. Guilherme Veiga was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 36th minute, Romeo Raulo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcelo Barovero was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Marcelo Barovero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trey Echols in the 40th minute of play.

Racing Miami Futbol Club made a substitution. Rolland Kellogg replaced Chu Zheng Yu. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Trey Echols was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Romeo Raulo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcelo Barovero. River CBBA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Romeo Raulo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. 63 minutes into the match, River CBBA's goal looked a bit too open when Trey Echols came free, but Marcelo Barovero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute Racing Miami Futbol Club were awarded a corner. Grant Grant went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 69th minute, Chance Adams ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcelo Barovero was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. River CBBA made a substitution. Leopoldo Luque replaced Marco Ruben. A sloppy throw-in by Rodrigo Bearden in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by River CBBA's Alejandro Montenegro. Guilherme Veiga was a little too slow when Leopoldo Luque got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 4-2. A collision led to River CBBA getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Alejandro Montenegro hit a great ball. In the 89th minute, Leopoldo Luque 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Curt Boggs in the 91st minute of play forced River CBBA's goalkeeper Marcelo Barovero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Filipo Abeita fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored River CBBA's protests and gave Filipo Abeita a yellow card for diving instead. Leopoldo Luque's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Guilherme Veiga read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 95th minute of play. For all the effort they put into the match, the River CBBA players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Racing Miami Futbol Club.