U23 League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Leonel Musko kicked off to start the match. If Roque Abadia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 7th minute, Micah Vesović ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Santiago Mero was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 9th match minute, gutierrez sport club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cecilio Eate to maneuver through the defense. After 10 played minutes La Zabaleta's Micah Vesović stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Santiago Mero stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing gutierrez sport club of the goal. Generoso Nerio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Santiago Mero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Generoso Nerio might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Santiago Mero. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Generoso Nerio ran back to his position shaking his head. Nicolas Ferre sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. La Zabaleta's Generoso Nerio got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 20th minute, Micah Vesović 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. Nicolas Ferre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santiago Mero having to interfere. 28 minutes into the match, gutierrez sport club's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolas Ferre came free, but Santiago Mero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. gutierrez sport club's Santiago Mero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save gutierrez sport club from getting a goal against them. In the 33rd minute, Micah Vesović left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Zabaleta fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Generoso Nerio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nicolas Ferre stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Eske Aksel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Musko in the 55th minute of play. Nicolas Ferre received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Santiago Mero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arturo Henrico lost his temper 69 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in La Zabaleta fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 68th minute. Penalty! In the 71st minute, Inocencio Ireno ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eske Aksel was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. After 76 played minutes La Zabaleta got a freekick which was hit by Edelmiro Gartzen. Geronimo Galindo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Eske Aksel came out and tried to block the shot, but Geronimo Galindo slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 79th minute. Santiago Mero stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Micah Vesović's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. 93 minutes into the match, Micah Vesović notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of gutierrez sport club's Santiago Mero. Santiago Mero was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 96th match minute, La Zabaleta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Generoso Nerio to maneuver through the defense. There was no doubt that La Zabaleta were the better team. La Zabaleta's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.