U18 League

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Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Expresso Ranelagh's Tomás Seme started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Stronghold S.A's Pastor Leocadio got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 5th minute Carolo Sayveon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Mikeldi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Basilio Soter in the 8th minute of play forced Expresso Ranelagh's goalkeeper Evelio Seber to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomás Seme fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bruno Mikeldi having to interfere. 16 minutes into the match, Tomás Seme dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Bruno Mikeldi, 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Tomás Seme managed to get in a good position for a shot. Expresso Ranelagh's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomás Seme was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bruno Mikeldi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 21 minutes into the match, Carolo Sayveon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bruno Mikeldi. Stronghold S.A's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carolo Sayveon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. 24 minutes into the game, Raimundo Austin recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Bruno Mikeldi. Raimundo Austin showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. Evelio Seber showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Basilio Soter in the 36th minute of the match. Raimundo Iruinea's late challenge caught a Stronghold S.A's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raimundo Iruinea helped the player get up and apologised. Raimundo Iruinea kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Vicente Guerau made a precise shot to the right of Evelio Seber. Expresso Ranelagh's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Expresso Ranelagh's Evelio Seber played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Everardo Vela in the 43rd minute of play. Leonardo Natal hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Everardo Vela made the kick off in the second half. Expresso Ranelagh's Evelio Seber played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Everardo Vela in the 59th minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Tomás Seme had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bruno Mikeldi. Stronghold S.A's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomás Seme was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Evelio Seber was a little too slow when Everardo Vela got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 4-2. In the 83rd minute, Tomás Seme made a precise shot to the right of Bruno Mikeldi. Stronghold S.A's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-2. Juan Lon's late challenge caught a Stronghold S.A's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Juan Lon helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Expresso Ranelagh's Juan Lon got a free kick in the 85th minute. A collision led to Stronghold S.A getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Basilio Soter hit a great ball. When Juan Lon was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 88 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, Expresso Ranelagh's Juan Lon got a free kick in the 89th minute. In the 91st match minute, Stronghold S.A was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Everardo Vela to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leonardo Natal during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 94 played minutes Expresso Ranelagh got a freekick which was hit by Leonardo Natal. Expresso Ranelagh's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.