U23 World League

Excalibur Arena
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Song De Xiang scored 0-1 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bernardino Eneko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Terremoto FC's Bernardino Eneko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henrique Pesquera in the 7th minute of play. If Henrique Pesquera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A nice corner shot did that Aloísio Salgado got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bernardino Eneko quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 22nd minute, Henrique Pesquera made a precise shot to the right of Bernardino Eneko. Terremoto FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 26th minute Eladio Sotorrio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardino Eneko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes into the game, Raul Mendiko was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Terremoto FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Unidose II FC the free kick. In the 28th minute, Henrique Pesquera made a precise shot to the right of Bernardino Eneko. Terremoto FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Unidose II FC's Levon Sarkisyan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Chabier in the 33rd minute of play. Hugo Mirande could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Levon Sarkisyan made a huge save. Unidose II FC's Jean Lucas was substituted for Afonso Vargas. The corner led Unidose II FC's Eladio Sotorrio to fire away a dangerous shot which Bernardino Eneko despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience was convinced that Henrique Pesquera's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernardino Eneko was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. 42 minutes into the match, Juan Chabier notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Unidose II FC's Levon Sarkisyan. Levon Sarkisyan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 45 played minutes Unidose II FC got a freekick which was hit by Aloísio Salgado. After the first half Unidose II FC were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bruno Hechter made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Terremoto FC's goalkeeper Bernardino Eneko had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eladio Sotorrio. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Chabier in the 53rd minute of play forced Unidose II FC's goalkeeper Levon Sarkisyan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Terremoto FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hugo Mirande in the 54th minute. Terremoto FC's Hugo Mirande was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Levon Sarkisyan in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Eladio Sotorrio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Bernardino Eneko made a huge save. 59 minutes into the match, Unidose II FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cornelio Hermelando came free, but Levon Sarkisyan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Levon Sarkisyan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cornelio Hermelando in the 63rd minute of the match. Levon Sarkisyan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Chabier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aloísio Salgado in the 66th minute of play forced Terremoto FC's goalkeeper Bernardino Eneko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernardino Eneko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aloísio Salgado in the 67th minute. 67 minutes into the match, Terremoto FC's goalkeeper Bernardino Eneko had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aloísio Salgado. Levon Sarkisyan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugo Mirande in the 72nd minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, Terremoto FC's goalkeeper Bernardino Eneko had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Henrique Pesquera. Song De Xiang's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Bernardino Eneko firmly grabbed it by the left post. Henrique Pesquera did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-4 to the left of a surprised Bernardino Eneko 76 minutes into the match. In the 95th minute Bruno Hechter shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Levon Sarkisyan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.