U23 World League

Ashbourne Stadium
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) 9 minutes into the game, Líbano's Abdul Halim Aban nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Geovanni Pinho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. After 12 minutes of play, Líbano's Wassim Suoud made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geovanni Pinho was left in no man's land by his defense there! 15 minutes in the game, Wassim Suoud fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Geovanni Pinho having to interfere. In the 16th match minute, Macaco F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eusébio de Toledo to maneuver through the defense. Wassim Suoud's shot from long distance in the 17th minute was not bad at all, but Macaco F.C.'s Geovanni Pinho knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. 21 minutes into the game, Emin Altair was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Líbano's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Macaco F.C. the free kick. After 21 played minutes Líbano got a freekick which was hit by Emin Altair. 29 minutes into the game, Abdul Halim Aban recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Geovanni Pinho. Abdul Halim Aban showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 5-0. Geovanni Pinho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abdul Halim Aban in the 35th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Wassim Suoud kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Geovanni Pinho. That made the score 6-0 in the 36 minute of play. Geovanni Pinho was a little too slow when Abdul Halim Aban got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 39th minute. The score was now 7-0. Abdul Halim Aban's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 43rdth minute, Geovanni Pinho skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 45th minute, Líbano's Naser Awat ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Geovanni Pinho. Geovanni Pinho yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 8-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 8-0 at half-time.

Geovanni Pinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdul Jabbar Yazan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind Macaco F.C.'s goalkeeper Geovanni Pinho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 60th minute, Naser Awat left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Líbano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. Wassim Suoud received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Geovanni Pinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 73rd minute, Abdul Halim Aban got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 77 minutes into the game, Wassim Suoud cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 12-0. Geovanni Pinho was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Wajid Abdul Baqi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Geovanni Pinho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wassim Suoud went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 13-0 was the resulting score. Wajid Abdul Baqi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovanni Pinho having to interfere. Geovanni Pinho came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Líbano's Naser Awat. But to his dismay, Naser Awat quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 14-0. Geovanni Pinho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wassim Suoud, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. In the 91stth minute of the game Abdul Jabbar Yazan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Macaco F.C.'s Geovanni Pinho was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. There was no doubt that Líbano were the better team. Líbano's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.