U23 World League

Beto Arena
Spectators: 7559 (Terracing: 5670, Seating: 1738, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Noel Duarte took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 11th minute of the game Jacinto Muno made a throw-in which Remigio Anaya played forward. Elpidio Mercurio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With an all-out effort, Beto Martini MZ 20 years's Benjamin Lobo threw himself towards the right post 18 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Noel Duarte, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Dillon Dal Bello fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benjamin Lobo having to interfere. Gabriel da Cunha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Benjamin Lobo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th minute Remigio Anaya shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernard Fedosz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 30 minutes Beto Martini MZ 20 years's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Vinicio Llanos who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Vinicio Llanos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bernard Fedosz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Prudencio Hulberto made in the 33rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Isaac Saturnin immediately put the ball in play. In the 39th minute, Beto Martini MZ 20 years's Noel Duarte ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Benjamin Lobo. Benjamin Lobo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Benjamin Lobo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Noel Duarte in the 45th minute of play. Oshyros ll's Benjamin Lobo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel da Cunha in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elpidio Mercurio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind Oshyros ll's goalkeeper Benjamin Lobo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Noel Duarte's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benjamin Lobo was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. 66 minutes into the match, Oshyros ll's goal looked a bit too open when Noel Duarte came free, but Benjamin Lobo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Noel Duarte sped through Oshyros ll's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Benjamin Lobo. 73 minutes into the game, Gabriel da Cunha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Benjamin Lobo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Gabriel da Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 80 minutes, Valdir Loureiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Beto Martini MZ 20 years and the Oshyros ll players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Oshyros ll booed when Beto Martini MZ 20 years was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valdir Loureiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. A long shot from Vinicio Llanos in the 81st minute of play was well struck, but Bernard Fedosz made a really good save at the right post. 86 minutes into the match, Noel Duarte had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benjamin Lobo. Oshyros ll's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Noel Duarte was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Oshyros ll's Benjamin Lobo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel da Cunha in the 92nd minute of play. Bernard Fedosz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Isaac Saturnin in the 94th minute. Oshyros ll's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.