U23 League

Socavon Arena
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) After 3 minutes, Taurino Torrealba mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TiGrEs Fx and the Socavon FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Taurino Torrealba hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Fabricio Horbea kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Taurino Torrealba might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ieltxu Orbaneja. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Taurino Torrealba ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mijailo Mudryk in the 12th minute of play forced TiGrEs Fx's goalkeeper Serafo Casuso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Domingo Marko came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the TiGrEs Fx 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 Domingo Marko couldn't finish the play. Fabricio Horbea got a throw-in 19 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Zuhaitz Artiaga. Domingo Marko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ieltxu Orbaneja took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Domingo Marko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Intxixu Huarte managed to get in a good position for a shot. Socavon FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Intxixu Huarte was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Serafo Casuso breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domingo Marko in the 35th minute of play forced Socavon FC's goalkeeper Ieltxu Orbaneja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Taurino Torrealba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Ieltxu Orbaneja tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 42 minutes into the game, TiGrEs Fx's Domingo Marko nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ieltxu Orbaneja made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 46th minute, Junior Saron hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, TiGrEs Fx's Serafo Casuso got control of the ball when Intxixu Huarte tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Socavon FC's Espiridion Ascot was substituted for Santo Pablo. Serafo Casuso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mijailo Mudryk in the 58th minute of play. TiGrEs Fx's Serafo Casuso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Espiridion Ascot in the 62nd minute of play. After 65 played minutes Socavon FC got a freekick which was hit by Espiridion Ascot. During the 68th minute of the match Espiridion Ascot completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Espiridion Ascot a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of TiGrEs Fx booed when Socavon FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lisandro Bricianos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 70th minute, TiGrEs Fx's Domingo Marko dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. Perutxo Querijazu came free in the 75th minute and tried to tip the ball over Ieltxu Orbaneja, but to the joy of Socavon FC's supporters the ball went over. Lisandro Bricianos made in the 80th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Intxixu Huarte however managed to control. Ieltxu Orbaneja didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Domingo Marko went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Socavon FC's zone, Domingo Marko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ieltxu Orbaneja came out of the goal and Domingo Marko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ieltxu Orbaneja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domingo Marko, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. In the 98th match minute, TiGrEs Fx was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Domingo Marko to maneuver through the defense. Serafo Casuso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giuseppe Baresi in the 99th minute of the match. TiGrEs Fx's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.