U23 World League

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Spectators: 7564 (Terracing: 5674, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) Julio Mora made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the game, ORION F.C.'s Julio Mora nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gustavo Brasil made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Belotaurus FC's Gustavo Brasil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio Mora in the 7th minute of play. Belotaurus FC's Gustavo Brasil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio Mora in the 7th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Ildefonso Bonifaco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Max Barrera was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Adriano Neves. ORION F.C.'s Max Barrera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save ORION F.C. from getting a goal against them. 15 minutes into the match, Belotaurus FC's goal looked a bit too open when Julio Mora came free, but Gustavo Brasil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 16 played minutes ORION F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Manuel Ramirez. Gustavo Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio Mora in the 19th minute of the match. 24 minutes into the game, ORION F.C.'s Julio Mora nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gustavo Brasil made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. 28 minutes into the match, Belotaurus FC's goal looked a bit too open when Julio Mora came free, but Gustavo Brasil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Julio Mora in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gustavo Brasil prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Flávio de Lima fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Max Barrera having to interfere. 40 minutes into the match, Belotaurus FC's goal looked a bit too open when Julio Mora came free, but Gustavo Brasil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jefferson Chaves could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Max Barrera made a huge save. Zeca Berger received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Max Barrera came out and tried to block the shot, but Zeca Berger slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 47th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when José Augusto Fontes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. ORION F.C.'s Max Barrera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Augusto Fontes in the 53rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Julio Mora got free with Gustavo Brasil in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Belotaurus FC's Gustavo Brasil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio Mora in the 56th minute of play. Julio Mora's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gustavo Brasil read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. Max Barrera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Augusto Fontes in the 60th minute of play. Julio Mora might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gustavo Brasil. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Julio Mora ran back to his position shaking his head. Max Barrera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zeca Berger in the 66th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julio Mora in the 68th minute of play forced Belotaurus FC's goalkeeper Gustavo Brasil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute José Augusto Fontes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Max Barrera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Julio Mora got free with Gustavo Brasil in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 79th match minute, ORION F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Ramirez to maneuver through the defense. ORION F.C. made a substitution. Pablo Fernández replaced Felipe Arauz. The supporters of Belotaurus FC booed when ORION F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manuel Ramirez didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of ORION F.C. booed when Belotaurus FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Flávio de Lima didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pablo Fernándezs short, quick shot in the 91stth minute got Gustavo Brasil to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Julio Mora had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The ORION F.C. supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ORION F.C. would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.