U21 League

Estadio da Luz
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Antoine Norton started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mikel Carlisle to maneuver through the defense. Eduardo Schmidt took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 5th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Emanuel Bazinet. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 7th minute, C.F. Leftraro's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Rey Pratt fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 11 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Gerard Utrera came free, but Emanuel Bazinet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerard Utrera in the 12th minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Emanuel Bazinet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16thth minute of the game Theobald Sadin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Emanuel Bazinet was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Emanuel Bazinet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerard Utrera in the 19th minute of play. Antoine Norton recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerard Utrera in the 26th minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Emanuel Bazinet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Rey Pratt quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Juan Alberto Gorigoytía, made in the 28th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerard Utrera in the 29th minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Emanuel Bazinet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Alberto Gorigoytía's late challenge caught a Sport Lisboa e Benfica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Juan Alberto Gorigoytía helped the player get up and apologised. 36 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Amaru Marileo came free, but Emanuel Bazinet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marquis Hopper's late challenge caught a C.F. Leftraro's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marquis Hopper helped the player get up and apologised. In the 40th match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marquis Hopper to maneuver through the defense. Emanuel Bazinet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gerard Utrera, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. A collision led to C.F. Leftraro getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Gerard Utrera hit a great ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

In the 52nd minute, Amaru Marileo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Emanuel Bazinet. The goal made the score 0-1. A collision led to C.F. Leftraro getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Gerard Utrera hit a great ball. Arcadio Goeppet hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. C.F. Leftraro's Nahuel Catrileo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antoine Norton in the 56th minute of play. After 57 minutes, Arcadio Goeppet mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the C.F. Leftraro and the Sport Lisboa e Benfica players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to C.F. Leftraro getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Arcadio Goeppet hit a great ball. C.F. Leftraro made a substitution. Naelio Garachena replaced Arcadio Goeppet. After a rather tough play, C.F. Leftraro's Arcadio Goeppet got a free kick in the 58th minute. After some careless play in the C.F. Leftraro defense, Antoine Norton kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nahuel Catrileo. The C.F. Leftraro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nahuel Catrileo should have stopped the shot. Lewis Horn kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. C.F. Leftraro's Camilo Tassara was substituted for Juan Alberto Gorigoytía. Emanuel Bazinet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduardo Schmidt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Emanuel Bazinet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Millanao in the 68th minute of play. Sport Lisboa e Benfica made a substitution. Paschal Beverly replaced Mikel Carlisle. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's attentive Paschal Beverly managed to snatch the ball when Naelio Garachena made a throw-in in the 73rd minute of the game. Emanuel Bazinet made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Gerard Utrera sent off a good shot on target. Lewis Horn got his second yellow card in the match during the 79th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 81st minute Lautaro Millanao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Bazinet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd match minute, C.F. Leftraro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Naelio Garachena to maneuver through the defense. Rey Pratt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nahuel Catrileo having to interfere. Emanuel Bazinet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonatán Gebler, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Emanuel Bazinet was a little too slow when Gerard Utrera got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 97th minute. The score was now 1-3.