U23 World League

Padre Lorenzo
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Neil Rigg kicked off to start the match. Llavallol FC's Carlos Buttice played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francis Curtis in the 5th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abel Paixão got free with Baltazar Pemjean in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 7 minutes Corinthians FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Geronimo Arixo who took care of the corner kick. Geronimo Arixo made a great header on Llavallol FC's corner, it was just that Corinthians FC's Baltazar Pemjean managed to reach the ball for a save. Carlos Buttice came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Corinthians FC's Francis Curtis. But to his dismay, Francis Curtis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francis Curtis in the 16th minute of play forced Llavallol FC's goalkeeper Carlos Buttice to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 16 minutes into the match, Francis Curtis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlos Buttice. Llavallol FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Francis Curtis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 19th minute Francis Curtis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Buttice saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st minute Delmiro Gartzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Baltazar Pemjean saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carlos Buttice showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francis Curtis in the 24th minute of the match. David Bras's late challenge caught a Corinthians FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Bras helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Llavallol FC's David Bras got a free kick in the 25th minute. When Corinthians FC's Francis Curtis in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Llavallol FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 40th minute, Llavallol FC's Fidel Joachim dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Carlos Buttice took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francis Curtis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlos Buttice didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Neil Rigg went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fidel Joachim to make the kick off. Carlos Buttice showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neil Rigg in the 55th minute of the match. Baltazar Pemjean came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by Llavallol FC's Fidel Joachim. But to his dismay, Fidel Joachim quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. Baltazar Pemjean took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aldo Eguzki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlos Buttice showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neil Rigg in the 65th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Corinthians FC's zone, Abel Paixão stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Baltazar Pemjean came out of the goal and Abel Paixão tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Llavallol FC's Abel Paixão in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Corinthians FC's goalie prevented a goal. Baltazar Pemjean showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Paixão, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Damaso Casomiro hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fidel Joachim in the 85th minute of play forced Corinthians FC's goalkeeper Baltazar Pemjean to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Llavallol FC's Carlos Buttice played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roy Mortimer in the 88th minute of play. 89 minutes into the game, Lisandro Milian was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Llavallol FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Corinthians FC the free kick. A collision led to Llavallol FC getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Lisandro Milian hit a great ball. 90 minutes into the match, Neil Rigg notched a goal, 2-4, to the right of Llavallol FC's Carlos Buttice. Carlos Buttice was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 94th minute, Fidel Joachim left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Llavallol FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-4. Corinthians FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.