U18 World League

Ólympos
Spectators: 7631 (Terracing: 5724, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Julio Mora got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, ORION F.C.'s Reggie García got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Paulo da Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julio Mora in the 4th minute of play. Matadores FC's Paulo da Silva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio Mora in the 6th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, Matadores FC's goalkeeper Paulo da Silva had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gustavo De Paredes. Paulo da Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio Mora in the 9th minute of the match. When Julio Mora came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the ORION F.C. 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 Julio Mora couldn't finish the play. Julio Mora could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Paulo da Silva made a huge save. Max De Paredes came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Matadores FC's Alex Félix. But to his dismay, Alex Félix quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. If Olavo Barbosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Paulo da Silva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julio Mora, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes into the match, Matadores FC's Olavo Barbosa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Max De Paredes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 29th match minute, Matadores FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olavo Barbosa to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Julio Mora got free with Paulo da Silva in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Paulo da Silva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo De Paredes, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Manuel Moscoso's late challenge caught a Matadores FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Manuel Moscoso helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Matadores FC booed when ORION F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manuel Moscoso didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 37th minute Olavo Barbosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Max De Paredes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paulo da Silva made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustavo De Paredes in the 39th minute. Paulo da Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julio Mora in the 40th minute of play. After some careless play in the Matadores FC defense, Gustavo De Paredes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paulo da Silva. The Matadores FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paulo da Silva should have stopped the shot. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

In the 52nd minute, Reggie García made a precise shot to the right of Paulo da Silva. Matadores FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. After 57 minutes of play, ORION F.C.'s Gustavo De Paredes made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Paulo da Silva was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tomaso Ulloa hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Paulo da Silva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julio Mora, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. 66 minutes into the match, Matadores FC's goal looked a bit too open when Julio Mora came free, but Paulo da Silva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paulo da Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julio Mora in the 69th minute of play. Matadores FC's Paulo da Silva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo De Paredes in the 72nd minute of play. In the 77th match minute, Matadores FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafa Hoffmann to maneuver through the defense. After 77 played minutes, ORION F.C.'s Juan Herrera shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Paulo da Silva came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ORION F.C. reached it. The supporters of ORION F.C. booed when Matadores FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafa Hoffmann didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Olavo Barbosa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Matadores FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Olavo Barbosa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Max De Paredes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Fernando Gomez came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the ORION F.C. 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 Fernando Gomez couldn't finish the play. After 91 played minutes Matadores FC got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Pereira. ORION F.C.'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.