U23 League

Stargate Arena
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Samuel Iago took the kick off in the first half of the match. Saturnino Romo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Bastiaro in the 4th minute of play. After 5 played minutes Grosso United got a freekick which was hit by Aureliano Geofredo. The supporters of Sanagasta AFC booed when Grosso United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miguel Berbiz didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Sanagasta AFC's Tomas Erramu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Saturnino Romo. That made the score 2-0 after 14 minutes of play. After some careless play in the Grosso United defense, Rodrigo Maidana kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Saturnino Romo. The Grosso United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Saturnino Romo should have stopped the shot. Bruno Derwin made in the 24th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Adrian Curcio. Octavio Jeraldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Curcio in the 28th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Feliberto Geleberto could shoot a difficult shot in the 29th minute, which Saturnino Romo however easily saved by the left post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Erramu in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Saturnino Romo saved Grosso United from getting behind. In the 32nd minute of the match Sanagasta AFC got a corner. Grosso United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edgard Lonzo ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Sanagasta AFC's Edgard Lonzo to fire away a dangerous shot which Saturnino Romo despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 34 minutes into the match, Feliberto Geleberto notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Grosso United's Saturnino Romo. Saturnino Romo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 37th minute, Sanagasta AFC's Tomas Erramu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 6-0. Tomas Erramu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Saturnino Romo made a huge save. In the 45th minute Rodrigo Maidana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saturnino Romo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saturnino Romo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Erramu in the 47th minute of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Erramu to strike the kick off in the second half. After 53 played minutes Grosso United got a freekick which was hit by Tomas Solustiano. Saturnino Romo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgard Lonzo in the 55th minute of the match. Saturnino Romo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Maidana in the 56th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the match, Grosso United's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelo Dolfo came free, but Saturnino Romo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Saturnino Romo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Bastiaro went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. In the 68th minute, Tomas Erramu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Saturnino Romo was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. 72 minutes into the match, Joel Bastiaro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Saturnino Romo. Grosso United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Bastiaro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 10-0. Saturnino Romo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Bastiaro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Grosso United's Virgilio Quin got a free kick in the 78th minute. Feliberto Geleberto scored 11-0 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Saturnino Romo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Adrian Curcio took a quick shot and it went in 11-1 without a chance for Octavio Jeraldo to make any attempt to save it. Saturnino Romo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Erramu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Saturnino Romo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Erramu in the 93rd minute of play. 94 minutes into the match, Rodrigo Maidana notched a goal, 13-1, to the right of Grosso United's Saturnino Romo. Saturnino Romo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. There was no doubt that Sanagasta AFC were the better team. Sanagasta AFC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.