U23 World League

Toca do Urso M.Mazer
Spectators: 7477 (Terracing: 5609, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Felipe Cerezo got the match started through his kick off. Tarcio Bulisani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristo Abalos, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. When the match clock showed 8 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Cristo Abalos sped through Toa Toa 4EVER's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tarcio Bulisani. Tarcio Bulisani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joey Abaunza in the 12th minute of the match. Cristo Abalos hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Gorka Abel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oswaldo de Sousa in the 17th minute of play. 24 minutes into the game, Oswaldo de Sousa recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gorka Abel. Oswaldo de Sousa showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. Fellipe Moraes lost his temper 27 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Aurken Abadie, 29 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 31st minute Joey Abaunza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tarcio Bulisani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 32 minutes, Nicolas Senna mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Toa Toa 4EVER and the Escuadrón Mercenario players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joey Abaunza in the 47th minute of play forced Toa Toa 4EVER's goalkeeper Tarcio Bulisani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joey Abaunza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Toa Toa 4EVER's Tarcio Bulisani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joey Abaunza in the 52nd minute of play. Toa Toa 4EVER's Tarcio Bulisani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niva Abad in the 59th minute of play. Cristo Abalos kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Nicolas Senna managed to get in a good position for a shot. Toa Toa 4EVER's supporters rose to their feet, but Nicolas Senna was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gorka Abel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 69 minutes of play, Escuadrón Mercenario's Niva Abad made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tarcio Bulisani was left in no man's land by his defense there! 80 minutes into the match, Joey Abaunza notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of Toa Toa 4EVER's Tarcio Bulisani. Tarcio Bulisani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 83rd minute, Escuadrón Mercenario's Niva Abad dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-6. Joey Abaunza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Tarcio Bulisani made a huge save. 92 minutes into the game, Escuadrón Mercenario's Joey Abaunza nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tarcio Bulisani made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-7. When the final whistle sounded Escuadrón Mercenario left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Toa Toa 4EVER.