U23 World League

Estádio Azteca
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Daniel Pere started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind Deportivo Pucho's goalkeeper Marciano Blanco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 11th minute, Ulysses Paiva got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 15 minutes into the game, Zeledon Cesario was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Deportivo Pucho's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave México Eterno MZC the free kick. After 15 played minutes Deportivo Pucho got a freekick which was hit by Zeledon Cesario. Ronaldo Gordeenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marciano Blanco having to interfere. Ronaldo Gordeenko might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marciano Blanco. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ronaldo Gordeenko ran back to his position shaking his head. Deportivo Pucho were furious when Flavio Porfirio was red carded, 29 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 28th minute, one of Deportivo Pucho:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Deportivo Pucho. Thomás Meireles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marciano Blanco having to interfere. Pipis Fino's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 39thth minute, Marciano Blanco skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Deportivo Pucho's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ulysses Paiva 42 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 3-0. In the 44th minute, Mario Balotelli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marciano Blanco was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. If Ronaldo Gordeenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pipis Fino was the one to do the kick off. Ronaldo Gordeenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marciano Blanco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Balotelli in the 52nd minute of the match. Marciano Blanco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pipis Fino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 55thth minute of the game Mario Balotelli who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Deportivo Pucho's Marciano Blanco was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 57th minute, Pipis Fino made a precise shot to the right of Marciano Blanco. Deportivo Pucho's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. 62 minutes into the match, Ulysses Paiva notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Deportivo Pucho's Marciano Blanco. Marciano Blanco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to México Eterno MZC getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Gerson Penha hit a great ball. Marciano Blanco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pipis Fino in the 70th minute of the match. Marciano Blanco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Balotelli in the 74th minute of play. Marciano Blanco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pipis Fino in the 84th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Pipis Fino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marciano Blanco was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. After 87 minutes of play, México Eterno MZC's Mario Balotelli made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marciano Blanco was left in no man's land by his defense there! Deportivo Pucho's Marciano Blanco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pipis Fino in the 91st minute of play. Marciano Blanco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ronaldo Gordeenko went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. México Eterno MZC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.