U23 World League

MDQ Raptors Arena
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jefferson Linhares got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, FC Lions Levice was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jozef Madej to maneuver through the defense. FC Lions Levice's Ezequiel Seber played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Armando Blanco in the 11th minute of play. In the 12th match minute, MDQ Raptors FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Severiano Maore to maneuver through the defense. Jefferson Linhares could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Ezequiel Seber made a huge save. In the 18th minute, Primitivo Terciero reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ezequiel Seber. The goal made the score 1-0. Daniel Tischler sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 26 minutes into the match, MDQ Raptors FC's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Ochoa came free, but Ruperto Bastia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ezequiel Seber made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Jefferson Linhares sent off a good shot on target. Gabriel Gedeon's late challenge caught a MDQ Raptors FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gabriel Gedeon helped the player get up and apologised. In the 32nd minute Jefferson Linhares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ezequiel Seber saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ruperto Bastia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pedro Ochoa's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. 37 minutes into the game, Pedro Ochoa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Ruperto Bastia was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 39th match minute, FC Lions Levice was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Klement Špilár to maneuver through the defense. Aaron Neron, 41 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 45th minute, Tibor Hrádek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pedro Ochoa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gabriel Gedeon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Ruperto Bastia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Justino Bernal fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored MDQ Raptors FC's protests and gave Justino Bernal a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to MDQ Raptors FC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Justino Bernal hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Higinio Tximitx in the 62nd minute of play forced FC Lions Levice's goalkeeper Ezequiel Seber to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Tischler hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Ezequiel Seber showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jefferson Linhares in the 64th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, MDQ Raptors FC's goalkeeper Ruperto Bastia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Tischler. After 77 minutes, Primitivo Terciero mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MDQ Raptors FC and the FC Lions Levice players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 77th minute, Primitivo Terciero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Severiano Maore hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Ezequiel Seber showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jefferson Linhares in the 83rd minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Jefferson Linhares put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ezequiel Seber. Ruperto Bastia made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Pedro Ochoa sent off a good shot on target. MDQ Raptors FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.