U23 World League

To The Moon Arena
Spectators: 7674 (Terracing: 5756, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Paulo Eron took the kick off in the first half of the match. Idalécio Rego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Eron, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Lázaro Roldanillo took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Idalécio Rego. Idalécio Rego dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Isaias Frasco hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. In the 11th minute of the match Jorge Varanda shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Claudio Frasquito showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 12 minutes, Lúcio Eanes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Chihuahua StrikerS™ and the ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Chihuahua StrikerS™ getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Pedro Aires hit a great ball. Pedro Haaland fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claudio Frasquito having to interfere. Josué Sá kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Idalécio Rego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filomeno Beltran in the 28th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hipólito Campos during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 28th minute, Hipólito Campos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31st minute Constantino Jerrold shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Idalécio Rego saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute, Filomeno Beltran left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Constantino Jerrold in the 43rd minute of play forced Chihuahua StrikerS™'s goalkeeper Idalécio Rego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lázaro Roldanillo scored 0-3 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Idalécio Rego, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pedro Haaland to make the kick off. Paulo Eron received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Idalécio Rego tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With 56 minutes on the clock, Josué Sá commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Idalécio Rego came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Niceto Abella. But to his dismay, Niceto Abella quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. In the 65th minute, Durval Bulhosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 69 minutes of play, ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Teodosio Evangelista made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Idalécio Rego was left in no man's land by his defense there! 72 minutes into the match, Chihuahua StrikerS™'s goal looked a bit too open when Teodosio Evangelista came free, but Idalécio Rego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chihuahua StrikerS™'s Idalécio Rego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulo Eron in the 76th minute of play. Jorge Varanda kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. In the 80th minute Paulo Eron shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Idalécio Rego saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claudio Frasquito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lúcio Eanes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd match minute, Chihuahua StrikerS™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hipólito Campos to maneuver through the defense. In the 95th minute, Gualterio Mano made a precise shot to the right of Idalécio Rego. Chihuahua StrikerS™'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. The Chihuahua StrikerS™ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ were clearly better and deserved to take the win.