U18 League

Beltrán Montenegro
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nereo Mincho took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nicanor Hever received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Anibal Txerran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 11 minutes into the game, Ripa FC's Luis Celio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Anibal Txerran made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 15th minute, Luis Celio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ripa FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in lןןl La Coconeta's zone, Luis Celio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anibal Txerran came out of the goal and Luis Celio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 20th minute, lןןl La Coconeta's Feliciano Sotero seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Feliciano Sotero the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of lןןl La Coconeta protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Feliciano Sotero had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. A collision led to lןןl La Coconeta getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Feliciano Sotero hit a great ball. 30 minutes into the match, lןןl La Coconeta's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Celio came free, but Anibal Txerran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Martin Miro managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when lןןl La Coconeta's Nereo Mincho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 42nd minute, Eloy Jeraldo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ripa FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 45 minutes into the game, Ripa FC's Eloy Jeraldo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Anibal Txerran made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eloy Jeraldo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Luis Celio received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Anibal Txerran came out and tried to block the shot, but Luis Celio slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 58th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nereo Mincho in the 62nd minute of play forced Ripa FC's goalkeeper Martin Miro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, lןןl La Coconeta's Nereo Mincho got a free kick in the 67th minute. After 72 played minutes lןןl La Coconeta got a freekick which was hit by Melchor Frisco. Martin Miro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Haroldo Erasto in the 75th minute of the match. Melchor Frisco charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Melchor Frisco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 80th match minute, lןןl La Coconeta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Melchor Frisco to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rd minute Haroldo Erasto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martin Miro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Ripa FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than lןןl La Coconeta.