U18 League

Venas Abiertas
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zacarias Ekialde got the match started through his kick off. Marcial Ticho was a little too slow when Edgard Afonso got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. Saul Bidun hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Herminio Santo struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Nunez Belasko didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sportivo Mela Banco. Cayetano Chesus fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nunez Belasko having to interfere. After 20 minutes of play, Ernesto Guevara SyD's Elvio Orlan made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcial Ticho was left in no man's land by his defense there! 26 minutes into the match, Herminio Santo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nunez Belasko. Ernesto Guevara SyD's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Herminio Santo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 33rd match minute, Sportivo Mela Banco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Inocencio Liberto to maneuver through the defense. When Ernesto Guevara SyD's Zacarias Ekialde in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sportivo Mela Banco's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herminio Santo in the 40th minute of play forced Ernesto Guevara SyD's goalkeeper Nunez Belasko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Herminio Santo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Norberto Blai struck a weak shot in the 51st minute. Marcial Ticho didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ernesto Guevara SyD. In the 59th minute, Ernesto Guevara SyD's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Herminio Santo fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 62 minutes into the match, Elvio Orlan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcial Ticho. Sportivo Mela Banco's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Elvio Orlan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Marcial Ticho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zacarias Ekialde, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Carlos Sendoa during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Carlos Sendoa hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Marcial Ticho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Norberto Blai went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Norberto Blai scored 5-1 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcial Ticho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ernesto Guevara SyD's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.