U23 League

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Domingo Lopez started the match with the kick off. El Canalla de Chicago's Curtis Daniel quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Cresenciano Jarabran, made in the 6th minute of the game. In the 8th minute Domingo Lopez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Alberto Patterson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 9 minutes, Armando Leobardo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Canalla de Chicago and the ☠QUINTERO☠ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Armando Leobardo hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Justin Raines's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Alberto Patterson was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. When Armando Leobardo was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 12 minutes had been played. The supporters of ☠QUINTERO☠ booed when El Canalla de Chicago was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Armando Leobardo didn't get a good kick on the ball. ☠QUINTERO☠'s José Alberto Patterson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justin Raines in the 16th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damián Albages in the 18th minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Jude Vang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Alberto Patterson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Domingo Lopez in the 19th minute. Raul Knox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Damián Albages in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jude Vang prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damián Albages in the 25th minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Jude Vang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Alberto Patterson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Justin Raines, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jude Vang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damián Albages in the 30th minute of the match. Bonifacio Baehr made in the 31st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Aristides Albert immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justin Raines in the 33rd minute of play forced ☠QUINTERO☠'s goalkeeper José Alberto Patterson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute, Justin Raines left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Canalla de Chicago fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After 35 played minutes El Canalla de Chicago got a freekick which was hit by Curtis Daniel. After 45 minutes, Justin Raines mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Canalla de Chicago and the ☠QUINTERO☠ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 45th minute, Justin Raines hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Isidoro Grillo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 46th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jude Vang. El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Aristides Albert made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, El Canalla de Chicago's Jude Vang got control of the ball when Aristides Albert tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as ☠QUINTERO☠'s Bonifacio Baehr slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jude Vang. That made the score 1-1 after 55 minutes of play. El Canalla de Chicago's Cody Gentry was substituted for Curtis Daniel. ☠QUINTERO☠'s Damián Albages got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. El Canalla de Chicago's Jude Vang proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save El Canalla de Chicago from getting a goal against them. Aristides Albert received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Jude Vang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 66 played minutes El Canalla de Chicago got a freekick which was hit by Kareem Gregory. After a rather tough play, ☠QUINTERO☠'s Cresenciano Jarabran got a free kick in the 67th minute. Damián Albages succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-2 in the 70th playminute. El Canalla de Chicago's Rudolf Pendleton was substituted for Raul Knox. The supporters of El Canalla de Chicago booed when ☠QUINTERO☠ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cresenciano Jarabran didn't get a good kick on the ball. Daron Davidson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 82nd play minute Aristides Albert came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jude Vang. 1-3. In the 88th minute, Emiliano Barcena reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jude Vang. The goal made the score 1-4. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emiliano Barcena in the 91st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jude Vang prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The ☠QUINTERO☠ players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.