U23 World League

Estádio Varzeano
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5875, Seating: 1575, VIP seats: 50) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Henrique Pesquera started the match with the kick off. Carlitos p'Bitek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Levon Sarkisyan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Unidose II FC defense, Carlitos p'Bitek kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Levon Sarkisyan. The Unidose II FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Levon Sarkisyan should have stopped the shot. Etxeberri Benavides showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrique Pesquera, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Neco Trindade's late challenge caught a Fohat Neyen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Neco Trindade helped the player get up and apologised. Levon Sarkisyan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Somayina Cartagena in the 15th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Diniz in the 18th minute of play forced Fohat Neyen's goalkeeper Etxeberri Benavides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aloísio Salgado in the 21st minute of play forced Fohat Neyen's goalkeeper Etxeberri Benavides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Etxeberri Benavides showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henrique Pesquera in the 24th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Henrique Pesquera in the 25th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Etxeberri Benavides prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the last second Etxeberri Benavides throw himself and got hold of the ball when Henrique Pesquera in the 25thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. The audience was convinced that Marcelo Diniz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Etxeberri Benavides was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Levon Sarkisyan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlitos p'Bitek, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 36 minutes into the match, Unidose II FC's goal looked a bit too open when Somayina Cartagena 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 Derek Neyens in the 42nd minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Levon Sarkisyan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romelio Komar, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Fohat Neyen's Etxeberri Benavides played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aloísio Salgado in the 55th minute of play. Fohat Neyen's Etxeberri Benavides played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aloísio Salgado in the 56th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carlitos p'Bitek in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Levon Sarkisyan saved Unidose II FC from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 63 minutes, Carlitos p'Bitek put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Levon Sarkisyan. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Diniz in the 72nd minute of play forced Fohat Neyen's goalkeeper Etxeberri Benavides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Fohat Neyen's Somayina Cartagena got a free kick in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute Song De Xiang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Etxeberri Benavides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Levon Sarkisyan didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 83rd minute, which inside left pole to 0-3. Etxeberri Benavides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henrique Pesquera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fohat Neyen's Etxeberri Benavides played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aloísio Salgado in the 90th minute of play. Etxeberri Benavides showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelo Diniz in the 93rd minute of the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Fohat Neyen walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.