U23 World League

REPUBLICA DE LIBERIA
Spectators: 7702 (Terracing: 5778, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abraham Laing made the kick off which started today's match. Dean Watts came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by LiBeRiA F.C.'s Victorio Oliverio. But to his dismay, Victorio Oliverio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Anselmo Toro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anselmo Toro in the 12th minute of play forced Amputees FC's goalkeeper Dean Watts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Anselmo Toro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 23 minutes of play, Amputees FC's Ed Mckinley made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eustaquio Sengrat was left in no man's land by his defense there! Amputees FC's Dean Watts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victorio Oliverio in the 26th minute of play. After 27 minutes, Ed Mckinley mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Amputees FC and the LiBeRiA F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. Victorio Oliverios short, quick shot in the 29thth minute got Dean Watts to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Ed Mckinley got his second yellow card in the match during the 31st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to Amputees FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Ed Mckinley hit a great ball. Dean Watts made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Salva Moresco sent off a good shot on target. Abraham Laing fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eustaquio Sengrat having to interfere. Dean Watts didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anselmo Toro went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Victorio Oliverio to make the kick off. After 52 minutes, Anselmo Toro made it 4-1 with a short kick to the right side. Amputees FC's Dean Watts tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Leo Aurre hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Arne Gronow could shoot a difficult shot in the 64th minute, which Eustaquio Sengrat however easily saved by the left post. In the 67th match minute, LiBeRiA F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clemente Montes to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Roach in the 68th minute of play forced LiBeRiA F.C.'s goalkeeper Eustaquio Sengrat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When LiBeRiA F.C.'s Anselmo Toro in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Amputees FC's goalie prevented a goal. After 75 played minutes LiBeRiA F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Leo Aurre. LiBeRiA F.C.'s Eustaquio Sengrat proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save LiBeRiA F.C. from getting a goal against them. Leonides Sanchez hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. When Hugo Leobardo fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LiBeRiA F.C.'s protests and gave Hugo Leobardo a yellow card for diving instead. After 88 played minutes LiBeRiA F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Salva Moresco. In the 91st minute, Art Kidman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dean Watts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anselmo Toro in the 91st minute of the match. A collision led to LiBeRiA F.C. getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Leonides Sanchez hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dagan Eicke got free with Eustaquio Sengrat in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.