U23 League

Dionisio Fernanco
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Gavino Fagondo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 6th minute, Fernando Tiniebra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th minute, Aldo-Pedro Peto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abelardo Cristofor was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 13 minutes of play, Canalla Fuego's Silverio Bermudez made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abelardo Cristofor was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gabriel Veronica didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marciano Maxin went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. After 20 minutes, Eliseo Ralondo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sportivo Ben Hur and the Canalla Fuego players grew even worse after the yellow card. Eliseo Ralondo kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. 24 minutes into the match, Silverio Bermudez notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Sportivo Ben Hur's Abelardo Cristofor. Abelardo Cristofor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 28 minutes into the match, Sportivo Ben Hur's goal looked a bit too open when Silverio Bermudez came free, but Abelardo Cristofor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wilfredo Astudillo hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Gabriel Veronica took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gavino Fagondo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Canalla Fuego's Gabriel Veronica proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Canalla Fuego from getting a goal against them. In the 37th match minute, Canalla Fuego was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erasmo Brion to maneuver through the defense. Wilfredo Astudillo hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Romulo Rodas charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Romulo Rodas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 45 minutes into the game, one of Canalla Fuego:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Claudio Mark shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal.

The wind increased when Silverio Bermudez made the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marciano Maxin during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gabriel Veronica showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jimeno Lizbeth in the 61st minute of the match. In the 63rd match minute, Sportivo Ben Hur was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jimeno Lizbeth to maneuver through the defense. Gabriel Veronica stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gavino Fagondo's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. Rigoberto Elivareo hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Fernando Tiniebra struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Gabriel Veronica didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sportivo Ben Hur. 71 minutes into the match, Gavino Fagondo notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Canalla Fuego's Gabriel Veronica. Gabriel Veronica was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 73 played minutes Sportivo Ben Hur got a freekick which was hit by Claudio Mark. Silverio Bermudez blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Abelardo Cristofor having to make a save. Aldo-Pedro Peto's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 74thth minute, Abelardo Cristofor skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Marciano Maxin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Veronica having to interfere. Alejandro Igon hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Gavino Fagondo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gabriel Veronica was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Marciano Maxin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sportivo Ben Hur's supporters rose to their feet, but Marciano Maxin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gabriel Veronica breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gabriel Veronica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marciano Maxin, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gavino Fagondo in the 96th minute of play forced Canalla Fuego's goalkeeper Gabriel Veronica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Canalla Fuego were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Sportivo Ben Hur to leave the ground with a draw.