U23 League

LA BRANCANERA
Spectators: 177 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Leonel Cordara started the match with the kick off. Christiaan Romero hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonel Cordara in the 7th minute of play forced Cable a Tierra's goalkeeper Tata Rușanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 13 minutes, Saul Silvanito mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cable a Tierra and the El Branca del Vieja players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th match minute, Cable a Tierra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Saul Silvanito to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute, Leonel Cordara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Branca del Vieja fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. The audience was convinced that Godfredo Odilon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aras Sophian was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Aras Sophian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Héctor-Horacio Scotta in the 19th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, El Branca del Vieja's Osvaldo Pabla got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Aras Sophian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fermin Montiel, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 25 minutes into the match, Cable a Tierra's goalkeeper Tata Rușanu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Silverio Tuste. Tata Rușanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonel Cordara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. El Branca del Vieja's Aras Sophian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Urbano Quentin in the 32nd minute of play. In the 34th minute, Betão Prestes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 35th minute of the match Faustino Maura sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tata Rușanu skillfully saved the ball. Cable a Tierra's Tata Rușanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silverio Tuste in the 37th minute of play. Cable a Tierra's Tata Rușanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonel Cordara in the 40th minute of play. Héctor-Horacio Scotta took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aras Sophian. Aras Sophian dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The wind increased when Saul Silvanito made the kick off in the second half. Urbano Quentin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Aras Sophian made a huge save. Leon Napierkowski struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Tata Rușanu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Branca del Vieja. In the 57th minute of the match, Saul Silvanito got a very nice opportunity to score, but Aras Sophian was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. When the match clock showed 62 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Leon Napierkowski sped through Cable a Tierra's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tata Rușanu. Tata Rușanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Cordara in the 66th minute of the match. Tata Rușanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silverio Tuste in the 69th minute of the match. Tata Rușanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Cordara in the 69th minute of play. Tata Rușanu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leonel Cordara went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. El Branca del Vieja's Aras Sophian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save El Branca del Vieja from getting a goal against them. Aras Sophian made an important save on a dangerous shot by Héctor-Horacio Scotta in the 74th minute. In the 79thth minute of the game Silverio Tuste who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cable a Tierra's Tata Rușanu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Iker Pinto hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. El Branca del Vieja made a substitution. Benê Neiva replaced Lu Ping Wei. El Branca del Vieja's Mikael Hammarbäck was substituted for Leonel Cordara. In the 86th minute, Cable a Tierra's Saul Silvanito ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aras Sophian. Aras Sophian yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-2. 90 minutes into the match, El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Aras Sophian had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Saul Silvanito. A collision led to Cable a Tierra getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Iker Pinto hit a great ball. Tata Rușanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silverio Tuste, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 94 played minutes El Branca del Vieja got a freekick which was hit by Osvaldo Pabla. The audience thought a goal was coming when Saul Silvanito got free with Aras Sophian in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. El Branca del Vieja were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Cable a Tierra for a fine match.