U21 World League

IMPERIO U18 ARENA
Spectators: 7316 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 100) Radamel Falcão started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Florencio Jacob during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 5th match minute, OLYMPIACOS FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florencio Jacob to maneuver through the defense. After 6 played minutes, ZEZOM TEAM's Radamel Falcão shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ovidio Oto 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 ZEZOM TEAM reached it. 7 minutes into the game, ZEZOM TEAM's Manuel Leão nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ovidio Oto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 10 minutes into the game, Radamel Falcão was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ZEZOM TEAM's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave OLYMPIACOS FC the free kick. In the 10th minute, Radamel Falcão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ZEZOM TEAM's Aquilino Pires proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save ZEZOM TEAM from getting a goal against them. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by OLYMPIACOS FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Radamel Falcão was slow to take the kick. During this time ZEZOM TEAM's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on ZEZOM TEAM's corner Manuel Leão fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ovidio Oto quite easily take care of the ball. 21 minutes into the game, ZEZOM TEAM's Radamel Falcão nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ovidio Oto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 25th minute Radamel Falcão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidio Oto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santos Lazcano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Aquilino Pires made a huge save. A collision led to ZEZOM TEAM getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. José Gonçalves hit a great ball. Clemente Camerino hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Diamantino Veríssimo managed to get in a good position for a shot. ZEZOM TEAM's supporters rose to their feet, but Diamantino Veríssimo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ovidio Oto breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ovidio Oto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Radamel Falcão's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. In the 34th minute, Diamantino Veríssimo made a precise shot to the right of Ovidio Oto. OLYMPIACOS FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. After 44 minutes of play, ZEZOM TEAM's Manuel Leão made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ovidio Oto was left in no man's land by his defense there! If José Gonçalves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The wind increased when Santos Lazcano made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, OLYMPIACOS FC's goal looked a bit too open when Radamel Falcão came free, but Ovidio Oto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ovidio Oto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Gonçalves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manuel Leão could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Ovidio Oto made a huge save. José Gonçalves could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Ovidio Oto made a huge save. 62 minutes into the match, OLYMPIACOS FC's goalkeeper Ovidio Oto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Radamel Falcão. The supporters of OLYMPIACOS FC booed when ZEZOM TEAM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manuel Leão didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute, Andres Mateo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 80 minutes into the match, OLYMPIACOS FC's goalkeeper Ovidio Oto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Radamel Falcão. 84 minutes into the match, OLYMPIACOS FC's goalkeeper Ovidio Oto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by José Gonçalves. Santos Lazcano's late challenge caught a ZEZOM TEAM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santos Lazcano helped the player get up and apologised. In the 88th match minute, OLYMPIACOS FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Santos Lazcano to maneuver through the defense. In the 91st minute, ZEZOM TEAM's José Gonçalves dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. José Gonçalves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ovidio Oto having to interfere. The OLYMPIACOS FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ZEZOM TEAM were clearly better and deserved to take the win.