U18 League

Estadio Macu
Spectators: 151 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Teofilo Sansone started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aristides Rozarius during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Scaloneta FC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Aristides Rozarius hit a great ball. Lucio Baristo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Serafin Alonso went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hipolito Darien in the 12th minute of play forced Scaloneta FC's goalkeeper Lucio Baristo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valentin Gabrio hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Cristo Bero had several of the DON RAMON 72's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 15 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-1 score and a disappointed Esteban Grabiel as he didn't even see the shot coming. Scaloneta FC's Cristo Bero got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Scaloneta FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Abelardo Odilon in the 27th minute. If Flavio Lizbeth had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Cristo Bero in the 34th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Esteban Grabiel kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 2-1 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. Lucio Baristo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Serafin Alonso, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Patricio Polo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Esteban Grabiel having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 62nd minute Teofilo Sansone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucio Baristo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to DON RAMON 72 getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Uriel Celio hit a great ball. 75 minutes into the game, Leonides Nevada was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Scaloneta FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave DON RAMON 72 the free kick. A hard shot by Rodrigo Bastia from long distance, 77 minutes into the match, got Lucio Baristo's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 79th minute, Uriel Celio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 87th minute of the match Leonides Nevada shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Esteban Grabiel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Cristo Bero's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Esteban Grabiel was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Esteban Grabiel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anibal Gizon in the 94th minute of play. In the 95th minute, Flavio Lizbeth hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. DON RAMON 72 walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.