U23 World League

Goliath National
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Josué Granja started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Exército Português's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gervasio Urtats was slow to take the kick. During this time Mosbius Designs's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Gervasio Urtats got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Laurențiu Gaciu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Baldomero Mark recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 12th minute Baldomero Mark shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laurențiu Gaciu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Baldomero Mark scored 1-0 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Laurențiu Gaciu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Laurențiu Gaciu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Baldomero Mark in the 18th minute. After 19 played minutes Exército Português got a freekick which was hit by Moisés Valverde. Laurențiu Gaciu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baldomero Mark in the 21st minute of the match. After 23 minutes Exército Português's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gervasio Urtats who took care of the corner kick. 27 minutes into the match, Mosbius Designs's goal looked a bit too open when Josué Granja came free, but Jonatan Loren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 29th minute by Baldomero Mark got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. When Eriberto Teofilio fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mosbius Designs's protests and gave Eriberto Teofilio a yellow card for diving instead. Exército Português's Laurențiu Gaciu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Exército Português from getting a goal against them. A nice corner shot did that Moisés Valverde got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonatan Loren quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Exército Português's Laurențiu Gaciu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baldomero Mark in the 42nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Mosbius Designs's Erubiel Laurendi got a free kick in the 46th minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Baldomero Mark to strike the kick off in the second half. António Pires's late challenge caught a Mosbius Designs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. António Pires helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Exército Português's António Pires got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the 55thth minute of the game Baldomero Mark who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Exército Português's Laurențiu Gaciu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 56th match minute, Mosbius Designs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arturo Gau to maneuver through the defense. When Exército Português's Kevin Lages in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mosbius Designs's goalie prevented a goal. When Mosbius Designs's Baldomero Mark in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Exército Português's goalie prevented a goal. Mosbius Designs's Jonatan Loren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by António Pires in the 63rd minute of play. Erubiel Laurendi got his second yellow card in the match during the 64th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 65 played minutes Mosbius Designs got a freekick which was hit by Erubiel Laurendi. In the 68th minute, Mariano Almeida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonatan Loren didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Josué Granja went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baldomero Mark in the 74th minute of play forced Exército Português's goalkeeper Laurențiu Gaciu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gervasio Urtats made a great header on Mosbius Designs's corner, it was just that Exército Português's Laurențiu Gaciu managed to reach the ball for a save. Exército Português's Laurențiu Gaciu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eriberto Teofilio in the 77th minute of play. In the 79th minute Mosbius Designs were awarded a corner. Gervasio Urtats went to the cornerflag to take it. Natalio Ederono was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Baldomero Mark recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 86 played minutes Exército Português got a freekick which was hit by Josué Granja. Baldomero Mark blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Laurențiu Gaciu having to make a save. Laurențiu Gaciu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baldomero Mark, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baldomero Mark in the 89th minute of play forced Exército Português's goalkeeper Laurențiu Gaciu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mariano Almeida during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 90 played minutes Exército Português got a freekick which was hit by Mariano Almeida. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.