U21 League

Estadio da Luz
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Antoine Norton made the kick off which started today's match. Jesus Velasquez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antoine Norton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 4th minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Antoine Norton ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jesus Velasquez. Jesus Velasquez yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Alex Cadrecha's late challenge caught a Sport Lisboa e Benfica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alex Cadrecha helped the player get up and apologised. In the 10th match minute, No Me Inscriban Gracias was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Cadrecha to maneuver through the defense. Jesus Velasquez made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Antoine Norton sent off a good shot on target. 17 minutes into the game, No Me Inscriban Gracias's Renán Llantaron nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emanuel Bazinet made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. After some careless play in the No Me Inscriban Gracias defense, Antoine Norton kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jesus Velasquez. The No Me Inscriban Gracias fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jesus Velasquez should have stopped the shot. Jesus Velasquez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Antoine Norton in the 27th minute. In the 27th minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Antoine Norton ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jesus Velasquez. Jesus Velasquez yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Emanuel Bazinet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan-Carlos Izarra in the 31st minute of play. Antoine Norton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jesus Velasquez having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antoine Norton in the 33rd minute of play forced No Me Inscriban Gracias's goalkeeper Jesus Velasquez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Antoine Norton dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. Terrence Naquin hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Emanuel Bazinet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saritama Soldevilla, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-1.

51 minutes into the match, Antoine Norton had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jesus Velasquez. No Me Inscriban Gracias's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antoine Norton was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. The audience was convinced that Antoine Norton's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jesus Velasquez was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Emanuel Bazinet proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Sport Lisboa e Benfica from getting a goal against them. Antoine Norton kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. In the 69th minute, Antoine Norton made a precise shot to the right of Jesus Velasquez. No Me Inscriban Gracias's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-2. Emanuel Bazinet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan-Carlos Izarra, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Antoine Norton in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jesus Velasquez saved No Me Inscriban Gracias from getting behind. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Terrence Naquin quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Robin Azailla, made in the 78th minute of the game. Jesus Velasquez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antoine Norton went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 7-2 was the resulting score. Terrence Naquin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Jesus Velasquez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Juan-Carlos Izarra who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 89thth minute tested the skills of Emanuel Bazinet when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of No Me Inscriban Gracias for a fine match.