U21 League

Balaídos
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Herberto Meireles got the match started through his kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Jorge De Pedro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Juvenal Viveiros. That made the score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. After 5 minutes, Álvaro Carvalho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AD Pontassolense and the Real Club Celta de Vigo players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Frodo Acarreta came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Real Club Celta de Vigo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Frodo Acarreta couldn't finish the play. A collision led to AD Pontassolense getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Álvaro Carvalho hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eugenio Urbina got free with Juvenal Viveiros in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 19 minutes, Beremundo Herrera mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Club Celta de Vigo and the AD Pontassolense players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 21st minute, Guilherme Valério ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Micael Castelao was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Ray Marrero hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Juvenal Viveiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frodo Acarreta in the 32nd minute of the match. 33 minutes into the match, AD Pontassolense's goalkeeper Juvenal Viveiros had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jorge De Pedro. Juvenal Viveiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge De Pedro in the 40th minute of play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Eugenio Urbina was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Real Club Celta de Vigo booed when AD Pontassolense was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amável Bettencourt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Juvenal Viveiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo De la Torre, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After 55 minutes of play, Real Club Celta de Vigo's Eugenio Urbina made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Juvenal Viveiros was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 63 minutes, Veríssimo Gameiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AD Pontassolense's supporters crossed their fingers, but Veríssimo Gameiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Veríssimo Gameiro scored 3-2 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Micael Castelao, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 73rd match minute, Real Club Celta de Vigo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ray Marrero to maneuver through the defense. Herberto Meireles in the 75thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Micael Castelao, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Gustavo De la Torre kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Micael Castelao was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Amável Bettencourt. An unexpectedly hard shot by Veríssimo Gameiro in the 82nd minute of play forced Real Club Celta de Vigo's goalkeeper Micael Castelao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Veríssimo Gameiro in the 82nd minute of play forced Real Club Celta de Vigo's goalkeeper Micael Castelao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Eugenio Urbina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Juvenal Viveiros. AD Pontassolense's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eugenio Urbina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Club Celta de Vigo's goalkeeper Micael Castelao, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 95 played minutes Real Club Celta de Vigo got a freekick which was hit by Lastur Caminero. Amável Bettencourt took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 96th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Micael Castelao. Real Club Celta de Vigo's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Real Club Celta de Vigo fans cheered their team off the field, for while AD Pontassolense had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.