U23 World League

Vila Belmiro
Spectators: 7640 (Terracing: 5731, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 152) Marciano Maxin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the game, Santos FC's Giuseppe Jewell nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abelardo Cristofor made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Abelardo Cristofor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Hess in the 9th minute of play. After having played for 9 minutes, Giuseppe Jewell managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Santos FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Giuseppe Jewell was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jim Mitchell took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marciano Maxin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Sportivo Ben Hur's Abelardo Cristofor got control of the ball when Victor Hess tried to sneak it across the goal line. Reyes Ritter sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abelardo Cristofor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giuseppe Jewell in the 17th minute of the match. Marciano Maxin charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marciano Maxin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 26 played minutes Sportivo Ben Hur got a freekick which was hit by Marciano Maxin. With a little luck, Sportivo Ben Hur's Abelardo Cristofor got control of the ball when Victor Hess tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Abelardo Cristofor managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when Santos FC's Victor Hess fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Victor Hess who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 28thth minute tested the skills of Abelardo Cristofor when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After having played for 35 minutes, Desiderio Tancredo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sportivo Ben Hur's supporters crossed their fingers, but Desiderio Tancredo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Desmond Rowell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, Sportivo Ben Hur's Raimundo Primo got a free kick in the 40th minute. 42 minutes into the game, Santos FC's Giuseppe Jewell nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abelardo Cristofor made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Sportivo Ben Hur's Abelardo Cristofor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 48th minute of the match, managed to save Sportivo Ben Hur from getting a goal against them. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Victor Hess stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Raimundo Primo fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sportivo Ben Hur's protests and gave Raimundo Primo a yellow card for diving instead. Abelardo Cristofor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reyes Ritter in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reyes Ritter in the 59th minute of play forced Sportivo Ben Hur's goalkeeper Abelardo Cristofor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victor Hess scored 5-0 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abelardo Cristofor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sportivo Ben Hur made a substitution. Bruno Maraman replaced Fabricio Martxot. Abelardo Cristofor stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor Hess's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. In the 74th match minute, Sportivo Ben Hur was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jimeno Lizbeth to maneuver through the defense. In the 79thth minute of the game Victor Hess who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sportivo Ben Hur's Abelardo Cristofor was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Santos FC booed when Sportivo Ben Hur was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marciano Maxin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 84th minute, Jimmy Coulter got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giuseppe Jewell in the 92nd minute of play forced Sportivo Ben Hur's goalkeeper Abelardo Cristofor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bruno Maraman's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jim Mitchell firmly grabbed it by the left post. The supporters of Sportivo Ben Hur booed when Santos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodrick Orlinsky didn't get a good kick on the ball. Giuseppe Jewell scored 6-0 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abelardo Cristofor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Santos FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.