U23 World League

CLAYMORE CITY
Spectators: 7597 (Terracing: 5699, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) Igor Albuquerque made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of CLAYMORE COUNTRY booed when AC Korban was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Falcão Ramalho didn't get a good kick on the ball. 16 minutes into the game, Rocco Duffet cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Oséias Dantas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Igor Albuquerque scored 1-1 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hipolito Calhoun, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hipolito Calhoun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Albuquerque, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Neil Jacques got a free kick in the 24th minute. In the 29th match minute, AC Korban was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sidney Souza to maneuver through the defense. Oséias Dantas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bob Bright, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hipolito Calhoun came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by AC Korban's Jaime de Castro. But to his dismay, Jaime de Castro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Hipolito Calhoun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Albuquerque in the 40th minute of the match. Hipolito Calhoun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sidney Souza, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Thad Rocha stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Hipolito Calhoun got control of the ball when Igor Albuquerque tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 56 minutes, Emmitt Cabrera mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CLAYMORE COUNTRY and the AC Korban players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to CLAYMORE COUNTRY getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Emmitt Cabrera hit a great ball. Sidney Souza scored 1-3 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hipolito Calhoun, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Rocco Duffet got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Antione Lacroix was substituted for Fernando Washburn. Jaime de Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hipolito Calhoun having to interfere. Jaime de Castro hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. In the 73rd minute, Rocco Duffet left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CLAYMORE COUNTRY fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. 77 minutes into the game, Igor Albuquerque cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Hipolito Calhoun was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 82 minutes into the game, AC Korban's Igor Albuquerque nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hipolito Calhoun made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-5. Oséias Dantas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rocco Duffet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rocco Duffet in the 88th minute of play forced AC Korban's goalkeeper Oséias Dantas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oséias Dantas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joey Rainey, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. AC Korban's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.