U18 League

Estadio Renzo Ashí
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ariel Gimenez started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ's zone, Ovidio Luar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bonifacio Arotza came out of the goal and Ovidio Luar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ's Bonifacio Arotza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Israel Sindo in the 5th minute of play. Herminio Cugat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Teofilo Maraman having to interfere. In the 10th minute, Virgilio Pere ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Teofilo Maraman was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 15th minute, Israel Sindo 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. 16 minutes into the game, Elpidio Pancho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sportivo Loren-Delfrajo the free kick. Elpidio Pancho kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. The attack was good, but when Ariel Gimenez in the 18th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. With a little luck, ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ's Bonifacio Arotza got control of the ball when Ovidio Luar tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Herminio Selatse's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bonifacio Arotza was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Guaberto Bertran fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Teofilo Maraman having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 26 minutes, Bonifacio Arotza successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Dante Oihenarte kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Ariel Gimenez who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 37thth minute tested the skills of Bonifacio Arotza when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With a little luck, ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ's Bonifacio Arotza got control of the ball when Ariel Gimenez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ariel Gimenez who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 42ndth minute tested the skills of Bonifacio Arotza when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Herminio Cugat took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Teofilo Maraman. Teofilo Maraman dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After the first half ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Virgilio Pere to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Ovidio Luar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bonifacio Arotza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 55 minutes into the match, Prospero Nel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bonifacio Arotza. ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Prospero Nel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Bonifacio Arotza didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Sportivo Loren-Delfrajo's Ovidio Luar shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Ariel Gimenez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bonifacio Arotza having to interfere. 72 minutes into the game, Baldomero Casomiro was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sportivo Loren-Delfrajo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ľƼ-6-ľȜ ♆ ƬЄ ƢƲЄƦЄƧ MƛƬƛƦ the free kick. Baldomero Casomiro kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Bonifacio Arotza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ariel Gimenez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ovidio Luar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aldo Fanuco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ariel Gimenez hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.