U18 League

Castle Mar
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fidel Ixona got the match started through his kick off. Cesar Cloyo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erubiel Otsando in the 5th minute of the match. A collision led to Argon getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Erubiel Otsando hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, United.SF's Danilo Esquipula tried to score from far away in the 13th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Argon's goalkeeper Roque Montrelle, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. United.SF's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Danilo Esquipula in the 16th minute. A nice corner shot did that Danilo Esquipula got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roque Montrelle quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 18th minute, Elpidio Jurdan 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. Elpidio Jurdan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Erubiel Otsando hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After having played for 27 minutes, Danilo Esquipula managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. United.SF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Danilo Esquipula was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Severino Incendio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roque Montrelle was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Melquiades Adrio took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Cesar Cloyo to make any attempt to save it. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Severino Incendio made the kick off in the second half. Danilo Esquipula kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. 62 minutes into the game, Elpidio Jurdan recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Roque Montrelle. Elpidio Jurdan showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. United.SF:s Cesar Cloyo showed great skill when he stopped Benito Hats:s penalty. After some careless play in the Argon defense, Severino Incendio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roque Montrelle. The Argon fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roque Montrelle should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Melquiades Adrio in the 76th minute of play forced United.SF's goalkeeper Cesar Cloyo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Melquiades Adrio in the 77th minute of play forced United.SF's goalkeeper Cesar Cloyo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luisito Pelayo during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, United.SF's Luisito Pelayo got a free kick in the 78th minute. After 80 played minutes United.SF got a freekick which was hit by Ceferino Martxelin. After 81 played minutes, Argon's Benito Hats shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Cesar Cloyo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Argon reached it. Cesar Cloyo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fidel Ixona, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 86th minute, United.SF's Danilo Esquipula seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Danilo Esquipula the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of United.SF protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Danilo Esquipula had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Danilo Esquipula hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Benito Hats recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Elpidio Jurdan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roque Montrelle having to interfere. The United.SF supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing United.SF would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.