U23 World League

Monumental
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Saverio Burcena got the match started through his kick off. Adelino Freire showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristobal Cepa, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 6th minute of the match Hayalim Kedoshim got a corner. Triforce Super Soccer's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Segundo Udaeta ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Segundo Udaeta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Triforce Super Soccer's Adelino Freire did a great save. In the 7th minute of the game, Obeko Villaran landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. Paulão Pombal's late challenge caught a Hayalim Kedoshim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paulão Pombal helped the player get up and apologised. Hayalim Kedoshim made a substitution. Filipe Abaunza replaced Obeko Villaran. After 9 played minutes Triforce Super Soccer got a freekick which was hit by Paulão Pombal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eliézer Carioca during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 11th match minute, Triforce Super Soccer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliézer Carioca to maneuver through the defense. Oliver Arrelucea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duarte Trevisan, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Duarte Trevisan hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Triforce Super Soccer's Adelino Freire proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Triforce Super Soccer from getting a goal against them. After 32 minutes of play, Triforce Super Soccer's Rodrigo Goiano made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oliver Arrelucea was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 35th minute, Rodrigo Goiano made a precise shot to the right of Oliver Arrelucea. Hayalim Kedoshim's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. The audience was convinced that Paulão Pombal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oliver Arrelucea was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. C.J. Kaku recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Duarte Trevisan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Oliver Arrelucea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Duarte Trevisan in the 55th minute. In the 57th minute, Cordarrel Pereña left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hayalim Kedoshim fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Marcos Evangelista made in the 62nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Triforce Super Soccer's Vito Tavares. Paulão Pombal received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Oliver Arrelucea came out and tried to block the shot, but Paulão Pombal slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 63rd minute. Rodrigo Goiano succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-6 in the 75th playminute. Oliver Arrelucea was a little too slow when Paulão Pombal got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 83rd minute. The score was now 1-7. After a defensive mix-up in Triforce Super Soccer's zone, Cordarrel Pereña stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adelino Freire came out of the goal and Cordarrel Pereña tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 90th minute, Segundo Udaeta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Hayalim Kedoshim supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Triforce Super Soccer's performance. The match ended with a win for Triforce Super Soccer.