U23 League

Lionel Messi
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Elpidio Gai made the kick off which started today's match. Hu Chao Hai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elpidio Gai in the 3rd minute of the match. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Expresso Ranelagh's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Norberto Joseph was slow to take the kick. During this time ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of ARedonditos de Ricota CFK booed when Expresso Ranelagh was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. 邓昆烽 didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Federico Laurentzi got free with Hu Chao Hai in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 10 minutes of play, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Sixto Harriet made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hu Chao Hai was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Guaberto Feliu during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Expresso Ranelagh booed when ARedonditos de Ricota CFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guaberto Feliu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Expresso Ranelagh's Hu Chao Hai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Federico Laurentzi in the 17th minute of play. Federico Laurentzi in the 18thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Hu Chao Hai, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Nicasio Benino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Isaio in the 19th minute of play. Nicasio Benino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 邓昆烽 went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After 26 played minutes Expresso Ranelagh got a freekick which was hit by Brandon Uchiha. With a little luck, Expresso Ranelagh's Hu Chao Hai got control of the ball when Federico Laurentzi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Federico Laurentzi in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hu Chao Hai prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by 邓昆烽 in the 33rd minute of play forced ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Nicasio Benino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Nicasio Benino, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Antonio Orlo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Laffitte's late challenge caught a ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daniel Laffitte helped the player get up and apologised. In the 42nd minute, Daniel Laffitte hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 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.

邓昆烽 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicasio Benino having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Expresso Ranelagh's zone, Norberto Joseph stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hu Chao Hai came out of the goal and Norberto Joseph tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK made a substitution. Alejandro Baristo replaced Federico Laurentzi. The audience was convinced that Alejandro Baristo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hu Chao Hai was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. In the 62nd minute, Juan Isaio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicasio Benino was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Antonio Orlo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK made a substitution. Nunez Matthew replaced Silvano Ofelio. Hu Chao Hai came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Alejandro Baristo. But to his dismay, Alejandro Baristo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Expresso Ranelagh's Erki Uba was substituted for Tomasz Gorzkiewicz. Expresso Ranelagh's attentive Antonio Orlo managed to snatch the ball when Mariano Olayo made a throw-in in the 76th minute of the game. In the 78th minute, Sixto Gorbea left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Expresso Ranelagh fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Sixto Gorbea blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nicasio Benino having to make a save. Nicasio Benino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sixto Gorbea, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Sixto Gorbea in the 85thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Nicasio Benino, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The supporters of ARedonditos de Ricota CFK booed when Expresso Ranelagh was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Laffitte didn't get a good kick on the ball. Expresso Ranelagh's Hu Chao Hai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esequiel Barco in the 88th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Alejandro Baristo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hu Chao Hai narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK were awarded a corner in the 95th minute after Expresso Ranelagh's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Norberto Joseph took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Norberto Joseph got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hu Chao Hai quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Expresso Ranelagh's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.