U23 World League

Estadio Torna Loma
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alex Cadrecha got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Flying Dutch was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by João Adolfo Cruz to maneuver through the defense. Xaime Peredo charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xaime Peredo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Flying Dutch's Luiz Guilherme Macedo was substituted for Niceto Xacintu. Xaime Peredo kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. No Me Inscriban Gracias's Rixon Espinoza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor de Salles in the 19th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, No Me Inscriban Gracias's goal looked a bit too open when Victor de Salles came free, but Rixon Espinoza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After taking down the ball on Flying Dutch's corner Eurico Batista fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rixon Espinoza quite easily take care of the ball. Josue Barro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Urti Envito, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Fabian Ivașcu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Victor de Salles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rixon Espinoza having to interfere. 47 minutes into the match, Alex Cadrecha notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Flying Dutch's Josue Barro. Josue Barro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Luiz Guilherme Macedo made a kick off. After 53 played minutes No Me Inscriban Gracias got a freekick which was hit by López Arruda. In the 58th minute of the match, Victor de Salles tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Rixon Espinoza saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. López Arruda's late challenge caught a Flying Dutch's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. López Arruda helped the player get up and apologised. López Arruda hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Flying Dutch's Luiz Guilherme Macedo got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 71st minute, Fabian Ivașcu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alex Cadrecha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Josue Barro having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in No Me Inscriban Gracias's zone, Victor de Salles stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rixon Espinoza came out of the goal and Victor de Salles tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor de Salles in the 78th minute of play forced No Me Inscriban Gracias's goalkeeper Rixon Espinoza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Victor de Salles kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rixon Espinoza. That made the score 1-2 in the 91 minute of play.