U23 World League

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 7455 (Terracing: 5592, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jacques Buendia got the match started through his kick off. Ventura Barrios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horácio Gonçalves, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. La mano de D10S's Ospin Sobera got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. James Caballero received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Yuri Quirino came out and tried to block the shot, but James Caballero slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 18th minute. 24 minutes into the match, La mano de D10S's goal looked a bit too open when Horácio Gonçalves came free, but Ventura Barrios reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Epicuro Morcego during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Al-Fajuth booed when La mano de D10S was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Epicuro Morcego didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Sandro Maciel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 33 minutes into the match, Al-Fajuth's goal looked a bit too open when James Caballero came free, but Yuri Quirino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Al-Fajuth's Guilherme Vidal got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Ventura Barrios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horácio Gonçalves in the 39th minute of the match. In the 42nd minute Wiliam Toledo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ventura Barrios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La mano de D10S's Ventura Barrios played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wiliam Toledo in the 43rd minute of play. Ospin Sobera hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. 47 minutes into the match, La mano de D10S's goal looked a bit too open when Sandro Maciel came free, but Ventura Barrios reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Al-Fajuth's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Timeteo Pinto in the 49th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Horácio Gonçalves made the kick off in the second half. Yuri Quirino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jacques Buendia went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 61st minute Jacques Buendia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yuri Quirino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ventura Barrios took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sandro Maciel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Al-Fajuth's Yuri Quirino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacques Buendia in the 69th minute of play. Jacques Buendia scored 3-0 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yuri Quirino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ventura Barrios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timeteo Pinto in the 79th minute of play. Yuri Quirino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacques Buendia in the 84th minute of play. Jaume Baltanas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yuri Quirino having to interfere. In the 94th minute, Sandro Maciel made a precise shot to the right of Ventura Barrios. La mano de D10S's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. La mano de D10S fully deserved thier win.