U23 League

TONY STARK ARENA
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roque Henrico got the match started through his kick off. After 11 minutes of play, Club Real Cantera's Valentin Lehoi made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pascual Acosta was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 19 played minutes Estudiantes de América got a freekick which was hit by Saverio Iraitz. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind Estudiantes de América's goalkeeper Pascual Acosta, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Roque Henrico struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Eulalio Darien didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Estudiantes de América. Roque Henrico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Eulalio Darien tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pascual Acosta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentin Lehoi, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Valentin Lehoi might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pascual Acosta. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Valentin Lehoi ran back to his position shaking his head. Pascual Acosta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Lehoi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eulalio Darien showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roque Henrico, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 36th minute Roque Henrico shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eulalio Darien saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pascual Acosta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Lehoi in the 38th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lino Ekialde during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 41st match minute, Estudiantes de América was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matias Ler to maneuver through the defense. Valentin Lehoi struck a weak shot in the 44th minute. Pascual Acosta didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Club Real Cantera. When Valentin Lehoi came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the Club Real Cantera fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Valentin Lehoi couldn't finish the play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

After 53 played minutes Valentin Lehoi rounded Estudiantes de América's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-3. 55 minutes into the match, Club Real Cantera's goal looked a bit too open when Arnoldo Quexal came free, but Eulalio Darien reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute, Eriberto Tancredo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Estudiantes de América's Pascual Acosta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Estudiantes de América from getting a goal against them. 67 minutes into the game, Matias Ler threw the ball into play from the sideline. Club Real Cantera's Cristo Tiadoro quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Pascual Acosta made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Valentin Lehoi sent off a good shot on target. Estudiantes de América's Pascual Acosta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Estudiantes de América from getting a goal against them. Matias Ler's late challenge caught a Club Real Cantera's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matias Ler helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th match minute, Estudiantes de América was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matias Ler to maneuver through the defense. In the 79thth minute of the game Valentin Lehoi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Estudiantes de América's Pascual Acosta was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Eulalio Darien showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque Henrico in the 84th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Arnoldo Quexal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eulalio Darien was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Eulalio Darien didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Roque Henrico went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Roque Henrico sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Club Real Cantera 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.