U23 World League

MAS MONUMENTAL
Spectators: 8500 (Terracing: 6375, Seating: 1955, VIP seats: 170) Anders Westerstrand made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Ribeiro in the 7th minute of play forced RIVER y NADA MÁS 09.12.18's goalkeeper Justin Abril to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 11 minutes into the match, Ronaldão Fenomeno had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zheng Chao. The Obscurials's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ronaldão Fenomeno was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Fabrício Coloccini made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by The Obscurials's Edelmiro Mateo. Zheng Chao took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Celedonio Dimo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Justin Abril showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Ribeiro in the 20th minute of the match. Justin Abril showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nelson Wright, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Zheng Chao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldão Fenomeno, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute Anders Westerstrand shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Justin Abril saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 33 minutes into the game, Ronaldão Fenomeno cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Zheng Chao was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Justin Abril showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nelson Wright, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Adriano Ribeiro 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Ribeiro in the 37th minute of play forced RIVER y NADA MÁS 09.12.18's goalkeeper Justin Abril to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zheng Chao made an important save on a dangerous shot by Timoteo Bartolome in the 39th minute. Ronaldão Fenomeno received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zheng Chao came out and tried to block the shot, but Ronaldão Fenomeno slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ronaldão Fenomeno made a kick off. Zheng Chao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduardo Rexino in the 52nd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, The Obscurials's goal looked a bit too open when Timoteo Bartolome came free, but Zheng Chao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nelson Wright in the 55th minute of play forced RIVER y NADA MÁS 09.12.18's goalkeeper Justin Abril to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. RIVER y NADA MÁS 09.12.18's Natalio Venerando was substituted for Timoteo Bartolome. RIVER y NADA MÁS 09.12.18 made a substitution. Robustiano Ramond replaced Celedonio Dimo. RIVER y NADA MÁS 09.12.18's Jimeno Veto was substituted for Niceto Chago. Zheng Chao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Natalio Venerando, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. After 59th play minutes Ronaldão Fenomeno shot 4-0, a short shot which went by Zheng Chao and just under the crossbar into goal. Justin Abril showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anders Westerstrand, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. István Selymes hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. István Selymes kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lawrance Grandison got free with Justin Abril in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 77 minutes of play, RIVER y NADA MÁS 09.12.18's Ronaldão Fenomeno made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zheng Chao was left in no man's land by his defense there! RIVER y NADA MÁS 09.12.18's Justin Abril proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save RIVER y NADA MÁS 09.12.18 from getting a goal against them. Justin Abril made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lawrance Grandison in the 85th minute. Zheng Chao took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robustiano Ramond, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 91st minute Natalio Venerando shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zheng Chao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 94 minutes into the game, Lawrance Grandison recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Justin Abril. Lawrance Grandison showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 5-1. RIVER y NADA MÁS 09.12.18's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.