U23 League

Luis Amuchástegui
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kağan Boran took the kick off in the first half of the match. Henning Gregersson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alejo Cucao in the 3rd minute of the match. When Hernan Iratze came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Macvanagu FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Hernan Iratze couldn't finish the play. 17 minutes into the match, Psycho-Circus's goalkeeper Celestino Gervaso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tadeusz Dynda. Celestino Gervaso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Haroldo Abadia in the 32nd minute of play. Kağan Boran kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. In the 36th minute, Macvanagu FC's Melchor Esiquio dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Celestino Gervaso was out of position in the 40 minute of play, and Tadeusz Dynda capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tadeusz Dynda really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejo Cucao in the 43rd minute of play forced Macvanagu FC's goalkeeper Henning Gregersson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henning Gregersson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Irwin Thomas in the 45th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Melchor Esiquio to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeusz Dynda in the 60th minute of play forced Psycho-Circus's goalkeeper Celestino Gervaso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Melchor Gilesindo hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. A collision led to Psycho-Circus getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Melchor Gilesindo hit a great ball. Celestino Gervaso stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tadeusz Dynda's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Macvanagu FC's Henning Gregersson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejo Cucao in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejo Cucao in the 65th minute of play forced Macvanagu FC's goalkeeper Henning Gregersson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute, Vasco Olarticoechea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Psycho-Circus's Hong Jian Fan was substituted for Alejo Cucao. After 74 played minutes Macvanagu FC got a freekick which was hit by Melchor Esiquio. Henning Gregersson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hong Jian Fan in the 75th minute of play. If Hong Jian Fan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 80th minute Haroldo Abadia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celestino Gervaso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Melchor Esiquio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Celestino Gervaso having to interfere. Henning Gregersson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hong Jian Fan in the 84th minute of the match. Macvanagu FC's Hernan Iratze got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Serafino Goizeder hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Tadeusz Dynda might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Celestino Gervaso. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tadeusz Dynda ran back to his position shaking his head. 95 minutes into the match, Psycho-Circus's goal looked a bit too open when Tadeusz Dynda came free, but Celestino Gervaso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.