U18 League

GABILONDO
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tavo Arrelucea got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, Tavo Arrelucea left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Intimos de Reynoso fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 9th match minute, Intimos de Reynoso was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isaio Cobarrubias to maneuver through the defense. Victor Maxin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jonatan Herrador went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Claris Villaba put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Victor Maxin. Victor Maxin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo Arrelucea, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tavo Arrelucea in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Victor Maxin saved ORIZABA F.C. from getting behind. Paulo Repiso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victorino Primo in the 26th minute of the match. In the 31st minute of the match, Victorino Primo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Paulo Repiso was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Leonardo Freire hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Intimos de Reynoso's Claris Villaba got a free kick in the 34th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Amancio Jobo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Paulo Repiso. That made the score 1-3 in the 36 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Tavo Arrelucea's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Victor Maxin was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Victor Maxin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tavo Arrelucea's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. In the 46th minute, Ignacio Maule hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Tavo Arrelucea came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Intimos de Reynoso 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 Tavo Arrelucea couldn't finish the play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dante Txema stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to ORIZABA F.C. getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Amancio Jobo hit a great ball. 64 minutes into the match, ORIZABA F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Tavo Arrelucea came free, but Victor Maxin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 65 minutes, Gustavo Arrelucea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Intimos de Reynoso and the ORIZABA F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Intimos de Reynoso getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Gustavo Arrelucea hit a great ball. 68 minutes into the match, ORIZABA F.C.'s goalkeeper Victor Maxin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Claris Villaba. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonatan Herrador in the 69th minute of play forced ORIZABA F.C.'s goalkeeper Victor Maxin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to ORIZABA F.C. getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Jonas Eusko hit a great ball. When Fidel Jorrin fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ORIZABA F.C.'s protests and gave Fidel Jorrin a yellow card for diving instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 71st minute of the game. One of ORIZABA F.C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Intimos de Reynoso:s goal. If Claris Villaba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonas Eusko was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 81 minutes into the match. Claris Villaba kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dante Txema in the 92nd minute of play forced Intimos de Reynoso's goalkeeper Paulo Repiso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonatan Herrador could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Victor Maxin made a huge save. After a rather tough play, ORIZABA F.C.'s Ignacio Maule got a free kick in the 94th minute. The audience was convinced that Benjamin Terciero's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulo Repiso was relentless in the 100th minute of the game. 101 minutes into the match, ORIZABA F.C.'s Fidel Jorrin broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Intimos de Reynoso's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.