U23 World League

Elías Figueroa Brand
Spectators: 9400 (Terracing: 7050, Seating: 2162, VIP seats: 188) Moisés Marquez started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 陶海海 scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Oto Pattama, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kazimierz Patora in the 8th minute of play forced FC Norkins's goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute, Radamel Oakley left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Valpo UXX fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. In the 18th minute, Radamel Oakley ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Oscar Cordoba was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Moisés Marquez kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Oscar Cordoba. That made the score 3-1 in the 21 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radamel Oakley in the 28th minute of play forced FC Norkins's goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oto Pattama showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 陶海海, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Oscar Cordoba made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kazimierz Patora in the 33rd minute. After a rather tough play, Valpo UXX's Jaime Estebano got a free kick in the 34th minute. Oscar Cordoba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radamel Oakley, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. After 38 minutes of play, Valpo UXX's Moisés Marquez made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oscar Cordoba was left in no man's land by his defense there! 42 minutes into the match, 陶海海 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Oto Pattama. Valpo UXX's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 陶海海 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. Oto Pattama showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 陶海海 in the 46th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 陶海海 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes Valpo UXX got a freekick which was hit by Elazar Martinich. Oscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moisés Marquez in the 54th minute of the match. Valpo UXX's Oto Pattama proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Valpo UXX from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Valpo UXX's Kazimierz Patora got a free kick in the 64th minute. Valpo UXX's Alarico Mac Courtney was substituted for Moisés Marquez. FC Norkins's Korneliusz Kocieniewski was substituted for 陶海海. The supporters of FC Norkins booed when Valpo UXX was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kazimierz Patora didn't get a good kick on the ball. Korneliusz Kocieniewski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 67 minutes into the match, Valpo UXX's goalkeeper Oto Pattama had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Korneliusz Kocieniewski. In the 69th minute Cristiano Ronaldinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Cordoba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Norkins's Oscar Cordoba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alarico Mac Courtney in the 74th minute of play. Korneliusz Kocieniewski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Oto Pattama made a huge save. Oto Pattama took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Korneliusz Kocieniewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 84th minute Cristiano Ronaldinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Cordoba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oscar Cordoba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 84th minute of play. Alarico Mac Courtney took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Oscar Cordoba. Oscar Cordoba dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-2. In the 88th minute, FC Norkins's Korneliusz Kocieniewski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-3. In the 91st minute, Alarico Mac Courtney made a precise shot to the right of Oscar Cordoba. FC Norkins's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-3. After having played for 96 minutes, Alarico Mac Courtney managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Valpo UXX's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alarico Mac Courtney was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC Norkins's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.