U23 League

San Juan
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Wágner Recife made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 4th minute, Frank Rijkaard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Vancouver Reds's Rüştü Kadim tried to score from far away in the 5th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Santana Armada didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mauri Icardi went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Bandit Sarap showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kemal Davarcı in the 16th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, Datrr FC's Mauri Icardi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Santana Armada narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vancouver Reds's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mauri Icardi was slow to take the kick. During this time Datrr FC's players had a chance to rest. Datrr FC's Jose Rojas was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Santana Armada in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Bandit Sarap showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wágner Recife in the 24th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Godofredo Bombal got free with Santana Armada in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kemal Davarcı in the 34th minute of play forced Datrr FC's goalkeeper Bandit Sarap to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute, Kemal Davarcı left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vancouver Reds fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Datrr FC's Tobías Aliaga was substituted for Dario Osorio. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mauri Icardi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Wágner Recife could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Bandit Sarap made a huge save. A collision led to Vancouver Reds getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Rodrigo Abraão hit a great ball. Datrr FC made a substitution. Román Grebe replaced Jose Rojas. Datrr FC made a substitution. Fabio Caviedes replaced Mauri Icardi. In the 59th minute, Rodrigo Abraão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vancouver Reds made a substitution. Jakub Kiwior replaced Louie Mulford. Vancouver Reds's attentive Eugênio Rocha managed to snatch the ball when Mario Jesus Ibarra made a throw-in in the 64th minute of the game. Bandit Sarap made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rüştü Kadim in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabio Caviedes in the 66th minute of play forced Vancouver Reds's goalkeeper Santana Armada to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute, Tobías Aliaga made a precise shot to the right of Santana Armada. Vancouver Reds's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. In the 83rd match minute, Vancouver Reds was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eugênio Rocha to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Vancouver Reds getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Victor Krum hit a great ball. Santana Armada showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zavier Fisher, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. 87 minutes into the match, Vancouver Reds's goal looked a bit too open when Tobías Aliaga came free, but Santana Armada reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 90th minute Fabio Caviedes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santana Armada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santana Armada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tobías Aliaga in the 92nd minute of play. Santana Armada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Caviedes in the 93rd minute of play. Santana Armada showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tobías Aliaga, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. When Datrr FC's Tobías Aliaga, in the 97th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Datrr FC. Datrr FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Vancouver Reds for a fine match.