U18 League

Fortaleza de Progra
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Antonia Webb kicked off to start the match. Baptiste Beck recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Irving Dennis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matteo Seda in the 5th minute of play. Oihan Onis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 13th minute, Santo Careaga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Irving Dennis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Irving Dennis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bonifacio Pecina in the 18th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boniface Fulton in the 20th minute of play forced Programayin's goalkeeper Ortzi Aleja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Bonifacio Pecina came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Programayin fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Bonifacio Pecina couldn't finish the play. 23 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Wilfred Fleming sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ortzi Aleja narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Irving Dennis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Sport Lisboa e Benfica from getting a goal against them. Ortzi Aleja took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baptiste Beck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Programayin's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Igon Cancela in the 36th minute. After taking down the ball on Programayin's corner Igon Cancela fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Irving Dennis quite easily take care of the ball. In the 37th minute, Inacio Bettencourt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Georges Christopher was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 38th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Antonia Webb kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. In the 44th match minute, Programayin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matteo Enriquez to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica booed when Programayin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonio Rüdiger didn't get a good kick on the ball.

59 minutes into the match, Santo Careaga notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Irving Dennis. Irving Dennis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ortzi Aleja didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Antonia Webb shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Boniface Fulton received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ortzi Aleja came out and tried to block the shot, but Boniface Fulton slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 67th minute. Matteo Seda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Irving Dennis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santo Careaga in the 75th minute of play. In the 82nd match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eusebio Briggs to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Baptiste Beck got a free kick in the 88th minute. Oihan Onis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Irving Dennis having to interfere. In the 91st minute, Bonifacio Pecina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Irving Dennis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santo Careaga in the 94th minute of the match. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.