U21 League

Ciudad De Mataderos
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Leopoldo Arnau started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. El Branca del Vieja's Marcos Muc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teofilo Oinaz in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th minute Leopoldo Arnau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Enzo Orixe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 5th minute, Mikael Hammarbäck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to ★ IL TORO ★ getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Paulino Odon hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, El Branca del Vieja's Lucio Lehoi tried to score from far away in the 8th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. El Branca del Vieja's Marcos Muc proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save El Branca del Vieja from getting a goal against them. J.P. Branca charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed J.P. Branca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 14th minute, J.P. Branca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. El Branca del Vieja's Lucio Lehoi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Enzo Orixe in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The supporters of El Branca del Vieja booed when ★ IL TORO ★ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julian Mikelar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Enzo Orixe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikael Hammarbäck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 27th minute Mikael Hammarbäck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Enzo Orixe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mikael Hammarbäck took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Enzo Orixe. Enzo Orixe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Mikael Hammarbäck managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Branca del Vieja's supporters rose to their feet, but Mikael Hammarbäck was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Enzo Orixe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fidel Marques kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. After 47 minutes of play, ★ IL TORO ★'s Teofilo Oinaz made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcos Muc was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Waldo Rosental stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikael Hammarbäck in the 53rd minute of play forced ★ IL TORO ★'s goalkeeper Enzo Orixe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When El Branca del Vieja's Mikael Hammarbäck in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ★ IL TORO ★'s goalie prevented a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rosendo Vermudo during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Mikael Hammarbäck's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Enzo Orixe read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. After 63 played minutes ★ IL TORO ★ got a freekick which was hit by Paulino Odon. Waldo Rosental hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Mikael Hammarbäck took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Enzo Orixe to make any attempt to save it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nicolas Salamon during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Enzo Orixe stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mikael Hammarbäck's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. Enzo Orixe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikael Hammarbäck in the 72nd minute of play. ★ IL TORO ★'s Enzo Orixe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramiro James in the 74th minute of play. Enzo Orixe made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Mikael Hammarbäck sent off a good shot on target. 77 minutes into the match, ★ IL TORO ★'s goal looked a bit too open when Ramiro James came free, but Enzo Orixe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Enzo Orixe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopoldo Arnau in the 83rd minute of play. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind ★ IL TORO ★'s goalkeeper Enzo Orixe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 89 minutes into the game, Julian Mikelar threw the ball into play from the sideline. El Branca del Vieja's Sergio Soret quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. ★ IL TORO ★'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 95th minute, when Mikael Hammarbäck scored to the left of an out of position Enzo Orixe, making the score, 1-4. El Branca del Vieja's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.