U23 League

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Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Genaro Suarez took the kick off in the first half of the match. Candido Jakes lost his temper 8 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 8 minutes into the game, one of Deportivo Balvanera:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Deportivo Balvanera:s Ciro Gombal showed great skill when he stopped Bernardino Orlanda:s penalty. In the 13th minute, Lin Ang left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Riquelme Fútbol Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Florentino Petrigai fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Atila Edu having to interfere. Florentino Petrigai sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Atila Edu managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when Deportivo Balvanera's Florentino Petrigai fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A hard shot 21 in the game by Florentino Petrigai from a close distance when the talented Atila Edu managed to make a qualified save. Riquelme Fútbol Club's players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vinicio Checa in the 22nd minute of play forced Riquelme Fútbol Club's goalkeeper Atila Edu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Florentino Petrigai got free with Atila Edu in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ciro Gombal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Genaro Suarez went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Florentino Petrigai in the 32ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Atila Edu, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 33rd match minute, Deportivo Balvanera was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victoriano Quintin to maneuver through the defense. Ciro Gombal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Oalo in the 36th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduardo Salvi in the 39th minute of play forced Deportivo Balvanera's goalkeeper Ciro Gombal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 44 played minutes Riquelme Fútbol Club got a freekick which was hit by Sixto Ugaitz. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Florentino Petrigai managed to get in a good position for a shot. Deportivo Balvanera's supporters rose to their feet, but Florentino Petrigai was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Atila Edu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Florentino Petrigai in the 47thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Atila Edu, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

51 minutes into the match, Riquelme Fútbol Club's goal looked a bit too open when Florentino Petrigai came free, but Atila Edu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ciro Gombal had great luck who in the 61stth minute grab hold of the ball when Augusto Oalo from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Lin Ang hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Deportivo Balvanera made a substitution. Cristobal Hulberto replaced Sixto Belasko. After a rather tough play, Riquelme Fútbol Club's Lin Ang got a free kick in the 64th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augusto Oalo in the 76th minute of play forced Deportivo Balvanera's goalkeeper Ciro Gombal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atila Edu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florentino Petrigai, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After 79 played minutes Riquelme Fútbol Club got a freekick which was hit by Bernardino Orlanda. Deportivo Balvanera's Ciro Gombal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Deportivo Balvanera from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Bernardino Orlanda managed to get in a good position for a shot. Riquelme Fútbol Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Bernardino Orlanda was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ciro Gombal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Florentino Petrigai charged in rather forcefully in the 88th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Florentino Petrigai the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When the final whistle sounded Riquelme Fútbol Club left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Deportivo Balvanera.