U21 League

Tower Park
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) In the 4th match minute, United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laurendi Varandalla to maneuver through the defense. In the 5th minute, Eren Stone 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. Victorio Lasaca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fabien Barthez was a little too slow when Victorio Lasaca got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 10th minute. The score was now 1-0. 18 minutes into the match, West Town SC's goal looked a bit too open when Uriel Ribeiro came free, but Joel Seco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th match minute, United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laurendi Varandalla to maneuver through the defense. In the 20th minute, Matai Melena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Drago Bluestone came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the West Town SC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Drago Bluestone couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Victorio Lasaca in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fabien Barthez saved United FC from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eren Stone in the 30th minute of play forced United FC's goalkeeper Fabien Barthez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute Uriel Ribeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joel Seco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eren Stone received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Fabien Barthez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. West Town SC's Joel Seco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uriel Ribeiro in the 39th minute of play. 46 minutes into the game, Matai Melena was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. United FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave West Town SC the free kick. After 46 played minutes United FC got a freekick which was hit by Matai Melena. In the 46th minute of the match Drago Bluestone shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fabien Barthez showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Damián Blue stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Damián Blue fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabien Barthez having to interfere. Joel Seco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from John Villalon in the 55th minute of play. Uriel Ribeiro did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-3 to the left of a surprised Joel Seco 60 minutes into the match. Joel Seco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Uriel Ribeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 67 minutes, Uriel Ribeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. United FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Uriel Ribeiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Eren Stone managed to get in a good position for a shot. West Town SC's supporters rose to their feet, but Eren Stone was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fabien Barthez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, United FC's John Villalon got a free kick in the 75th minute. Fabien Barthez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Levi Ackerman in the 78th minute of play. In the 81st match minute, United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edwin Smith to maneuver through the defense. Drago Bluestone took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 82nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fabien Barthez. United FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 91 minutes into the game, Uriel Ribeiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Joel Seco was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. West Town SC were awarded a corner in the 95th minute after United FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Drago Bluestone took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Drago Bluestone got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fabien Barthez quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save.