U23 League

Estadio da Luz
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Antoine Norton made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Sport Lisboa e Benfica getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Antoine Norton hit a great ball. CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Hipolito Calhoun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antoine Norton in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute Rocco Duffet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Bazinet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Wilburn Eason came free, but Emanuel Bazinet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emanuel Bazinet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilburn Eason in the 17th minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Rocco Duffet got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Emanuel Bazinet quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Hipolito Calhoun was a little too slow when Antoine Norton got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 22nd minute. The score was now 2-0. With a little luck, CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Hipolito Calhoun got control of the ball when Antoine Norton tried to sneak it across the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Wilburn Eason came free, but Emanuel Bazinet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rocco Duffet in the 30th minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Emanuel Bazinet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Antoine Norton kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Hipolito Calhoun. That made the score 3-0 in the 32 minute of play. Antoine Norton received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hipolito Calhoun came out and tried to block the shot, but Antoine Norton slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 35th minute. In the 39th minute, Thad Rocha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 40 minutes into the game, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Antoine Norton 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, 5-0. After having played for 42 minutes, Antoine Norton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Antoine Norton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 46 minutes into the game, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Antoine Norton 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, 6-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 6-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Wilburn Eason was the one to do the kick off. Rey Pratt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 54th match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lewis Horn to maneuver through the defense. Rocco Duffet hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 58th minute, Marion Landry hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 59 minutes of play, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Antoine Norton made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hipolito Calhoun was left in no man's land by his defense there! 62 minutes into the game, Antoine Norton cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Hipolito Calhoun was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. CLAYMORE COUNTRY made a substitution. Joey Rainey replaced Bob Bright. CLAYMORE COUNTRY made a substitution. Antione Lacroix replaced Fernando Washburn. In the 67th match minute, CLAYMORE COUNTRY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Otis Oakes to maneuver through the defense. The Sport Lisboa e Benfica fans' excitement grew in the 71st match minute when Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Antoine Norton looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 9-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Sport Lisboa e Benfica made a substitution. Dominic Hahn replaced Patrik Cane. 80 minutes into the match, Antoine Norton notched a goal, 11-0, to the right of CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Hipolito Calhoun. Hipolito Calhoun was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 86th minute, Otis Oakes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the game, Antoine Norton cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 12-0. Hipolito Calhoun was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Sport Lisboa e Benfica fully deserved thier win.