U23 World League

VB TEAM ARENA
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomás Checa took the kick off in the first half of the match. After having played for 3 minutes, José Augusto Fontes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Belotaurus FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but José Augusto Fontes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. José Augusto Fontes took the ball and in the 5 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marciano Blanco. Marciano Blanco dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. José Augusto Fontes was extremely unlucky when he, in the 12th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Deportivo Pucho's Marciano Blanco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Augusto Fontes in the 12th minute of play. If José Augusto Fontes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zeca Berger struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. Marciano Blanco didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Belotaurus FC. 26 minutes into the match, Deportivo Pucho's goalkeeper Marciano Blanco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zeca Berger. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Deportivo Pucho's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adriano Neves was slow to take the kick. During this time Belotaurus FC's players had a chance to rest. 3-0 became the score in the 31st minute when José Augusto Fontes elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. A collision led to Deportivo Pucho getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Danilo Paz hit a great ball. When Adriano Neves came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Belotaurus FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Adriano Neves couldn't finish the play. Marciano Blanco made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zeca Berger in the 37th minute. José Augusto Fontes scored 4-0 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marciano Blanco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Belotaurus FC's José Augusto Fontes slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Marciano Blanco. That made the score 5-0 after 43 minutes of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when José Augusto Fontes made the kick off in the second half. Belotaurus FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Adriano Neves in the 53rd minute. After taking down the ball on Belotaurus FC's corner Adriano Neves fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marciano Blanco quite easily take care of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling José Augusto Fontes in the 55th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marciano Blanco prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zeca Berger in the 62nd minute of play forced Deportivo Pucho's goalkeeper Marciano Blanco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Belotaurus FC's José Augusto Fontes got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 65thth minute of the game José Augusto Fontes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Deportivo Pucho's Marciano Blanco was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 67th minute Belotaurus FC were awarded a corner. Adriano Neves went to the cornerflag to take it. Adriano Neves made a great header on Belotaurus FC's corner, it was just that Deportivo Pucho's Marciano Blanco managed to reach the ball for a save. Zeca Berger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Marciano Blanco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marciano Blanco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from José Augusto Fontes went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Flávio de Lima charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Flávio de Lima the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Flávio de Lima hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Pucho's Eustacio Quinten got a free kick in the 84th minute. 85 minutes into the match, Deportivo Pucho's goal looked a bit too open when Zeca Berger came free, but Marciano Blanco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th minute, Eustacio Quinten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 91st minute, Zeca Berger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd match minute, Belotaurus FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zeca Berger to maneuver through the defense. Zeledon Cesario charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zeledon Cesario the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Deportivo Pucho getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Zeledon Cesario hit a great ball. Zeledon Cesario received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Gustavo Brasil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. For all the effort they put into the match, the Deportivo Pucho players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Belotaurus FC.