U18 League

Mandrake FC Stadium
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pelayo Segura started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute Edgar Gama shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elar Quero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Severino Taveira took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Elar Quero. Mandrake fc's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Rogério Macena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 11th minute, Jago Abasalo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cugat Lara got a throw-in 12 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Duardo Reyes. Tasso FC's André Ribeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Duardo Reyes in the 15th minute of play. The supporters of Tasso FC booed when Mandrake fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pelayo Segura didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cugat Lara during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Mandrake fc's Cugat Lara got a free kick in the 20th minute. In the 22nd minute, Gualter Rebelo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The attack was good, but when Geofredo Jurado in the 23rd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geofredo Jurado in the 27th minute of play forced Tasso FC's goalkeeper André Ribeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edgar Gama charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edgar Gama the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Tasso FC getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Edgar Gama hit a great ball. Elar Quero didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edgar Gama went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Tasso FC's Rogério Macena got a free kick in the 38th minute. After some careless play in the Tasso FC defense, Geofredo Jurado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of André Ribeiro. The Tasso FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that André Ribeiro should have stopped the shot. Geofredo Jurado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Ribeiro having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 44 minutes, André Ribeiro successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Rogério Macena made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Tasso FC's Rogério Macena got a free kick in the 50th minute. Duardo Reyes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Ribeiro having to interfere. Dei Gutierrez made in the 61st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Tasso FC's Gualter Rebelo. Pelayo Segura received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. André Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Mandrake fc getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Xavian Quintero hit a great ball. If Edgar Gama had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Elar Quero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edgar Gama in the 70th minute. André Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pelayo Segura in the 71st minute of the match. André Ribeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Geofredo Jurado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 79 minutes into the match, Tasso FC's goal looked a bit too open when Geofredo Jurado came free, but André Ribeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 84th minute, Geofredo Jurado made a precise shot to the right of André Ribeiro. Tasso FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Dei Gutierrez scored 3-1 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of André Ribeiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 92nd minute, Geofredo Jurado left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mandrake fc fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Mandrake fc's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.