U21 League

Anoeta
Spectators: 176 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Damiano Tolin made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Arturo Grassi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sauveur Lisundia was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Arturo Grassi put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Sauveur Lisundia. After 16 minutes of play, Medoacus Maior's Arturo Grassi made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sauveur Lisundia was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arturo Grassi in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sauveur Lisundia prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vicente Millano got free with Jiang Hong Xiang in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 24th match minute, Real Sociedad was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frédéric Pantel to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Arturo Grassi put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Sauveur Lisundia. Medoacus Maior's Arturo Grassi got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 32nd minute, Arturo Grassi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Medoacus Maior fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Real Sociedad's Sauveur Lisundia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arturo Grassi in the 41st minute of play. The supporters of Medoacus Maior booed when Real Sociedad was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ale Kutas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 48th minute of the match Pedro Geromel sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sauveur Lisundia skillfully saved the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vicente Millano to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Real Sociedad booed when Medoacus Maior was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonello Palumbo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Medoacus Maior's Miroslav Kindekov got a free kick in the 54th minute. Libertad Sarmiento struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Jiang Hong Xiang didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Real Sociedad. When the match clock showed 62 minutes, the score became 1-6 when Damiano Tolin sped through Real Sociedad's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Sauveur Lisundia. 65 minutes in the game, Arturo Grassi fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Sauveur Lisundia having to interfere. In the 69th minute Libertad Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiang Hong Xiang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Real Sociedad's Sauveur Lisundia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arturo Grassi in the 72nd minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, Real Sociedad's goalkeeper Sauveur Lisundia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Damiano Tolin. Arturo Grassi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Sauveur Lisundia came out and tried to block the shot, but Arturo Grassi slotted it home off the left post making it 1-7 in the 87th minute. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Medoacus Maior's goalkeeper Jiang Hong Xiang, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ale Kutas hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When the final whistle sounded Medoacus Maior left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Real Sociedad.