U23 World League

Centro Firula
Spectators: 7543 (Terracing: 5659, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) ORION F.C.'s Max Barrera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henri Martins in the 10th minute of play. Dé Pontikas lost his temper 17 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 17 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Canarinho Atordoado! Canarinho Atordoado:s Pedro Luís Menegatti showed great skill when he stopped Enrique Gutierrez:s penalty. ORION F.C. were awarded a corner in the 20th minute after Canarinho Atordoado's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Enrique Gutierrez took the corner. After 23 minutes of play, ORION F.C.'s Luis Bermudez made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Luís Menegatti was left in no man's land by his defense there! Canarinho Atordoado's Pedro Luís Menegatti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Bermudez in the 27th minute of play. Pedro Luís Menegatti came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by ORION F.C.'s Luis Bermudez. But to his dismay, Luis Bermudez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 42 minutes into the game, Luis Bermudez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Pedro Luís Menegatti was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Pedro Luís Menegatti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Bermudez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tiago Gabriel Luz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Max Barrera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

ORION F.C.'s Pablo Fernández was substituted for Felipe Arauz. The crowd rose to their feet as Luis Bermudez kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pedro Luís Menegatti. That made the score 0-4 in the 69 minute of play. In the 72nd minute Luis Bermudez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Luís Menegatti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hakkı Deniz Tarhun hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. César Travassos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 77th match minute, Canarinho Atordoado was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henri Martins to maneuver through the defense. ORION F.C.'s Enrique Gutierrez shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 78th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Pedro Luís Menegatti but with some difficulty. Canarinho Atordoado's Pedro Luís Menegatti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Canarinho Atordoado from getting a goal against them. In the 82nd minute Luis Bermudez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Luís Menegatti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rd match minute, ORION F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pablo Fernández to maneuver through the defense. Antonio Corelli's late challenge caught a Canarinho Atordoado's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antonio Corelli helped the player get up and apologised. In the 84th minute, one of ORION F.C.:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ORION F.C.. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pablo Fernández got free with Pedro Luís Menegatti in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Tiago Gabriel Luz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Canarinho Atordoado's Pedro Luís Menegatti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Canarinho Atordoado from getting a goal against them. A collision led to ORION F.C. getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Luis Bermudez hit a great ball.