U23 League

Excalibur Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Berutti FC's Timoteo Peru started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Bruno Hechter fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mark Wenerdahl having to interfere. The supporters of Terremoto FC booed when Berutti FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eduardo Maju didn't get a good kick on the ball. 8 minutes into the match, Berutti FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rogelio Ponc came free, but Mark Wenerdahl reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute, Rogelio Ponc left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Terremoto FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After 13 minutes, Bruno Hechter mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Terremoto FC and the Berutti FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Elvio Sanson charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elvio Sanson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 16th minute, Elvio Sanson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tadeo Fidele came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Berutti FC's Timoteo Peru. But to his dismay, Timoteo Peru quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 23rd minute, Timoteo Peru got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Pascual Lamberto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Orlando Mouricio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Hechter in the 41st minute of play forced Berutti FC's goalkeeper Mark Wenerdahl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Orlando Mouricio might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tadeo Fidele. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Orlando Mouricio ran back to his position shaking his head. 45 minutes into the match, Terremoto FC's goal looked a bit too open when Orlando Mouricio came free, but Tadeo Fidele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mark Wenerdahl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascual Lamberto in the 47th 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 away team seemed most concentrated when Bruno Hechter stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Timoteo Peru was extremely unlucky when he, in the 58th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The crowd rose to their feet as Orlando Mouricio kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tadeo Fidele. That made the score 1-2 in the 61 minute of play. In the 66th minute, Nicanor Piorno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mark Wenerdahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Hechter in the 68th minute of the match. Orlando Mouricio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 81st match minute, Terremoto FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bruno Hechter to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Hechter in the 85th minute of play forced Berutti FC's goalkeeper Mark Wenerdahl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luciano Frisco in the 91st minute of play forced Berutti FC's goalkeeper Mark Wenerdahl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Orlando Mouricio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Berutti FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.