World League

Coliseo
Spectators: 7698 (Terracing: 5775, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Johnny Nyström kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. In the 9th minute Eleuterio Maraman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apostol Sokolov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A throw-in in the 14th minute of the game was made by Edgard Alves with Tomas Nafarroa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Ottó Fejes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Monitor Huáscar's supporters rose to their feet, but Ottó Fejes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Horacio Procopio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ottó Fejes in the 29th minute of play forced Italia's goalkeeper Horacio Procopio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Redas Baliukonis got free with Apostol Sokolov in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 33rd minute, Tomas Nafarroa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Apostol Sokolov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Redas Baliukonis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Through an outstanding action, after 36 minutes, Apostol Sokolov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 39 minutes into the match, Monitor Huáscar's Ottó Fejes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Horacio Procopio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eleuterio Maraman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Apostol Sokolov having to interfere. 44 minutes into the match, Italia's goal looked a bit too open when Ottó Fejes came free, but Horacio Procopio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Italia getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Edgard Alves hit a great ball. Italia's Horacio Procopio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ottó Fejes in the 47th minute of play. 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 2-0.

Monitor Huáscar's Milian Lopez was substituted for Johnny Nyström. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Nafarroa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The corner ended in Paulo Fallabes almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Italia's Horacio Procopio did a great save. Ottó Fejes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Horacio Procopio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Constantino Carabajo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Monitor Huáscar made a substitution. Chiquito Rico replaced Ottó Fejes. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chiquito Rico in the 65th minute of play forced Italia's goalkeeper Horacio Procopio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Apostol Sokolov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Redas Baliukonis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 68 minutes Monitor Huáscar's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mané Garrincha who took care of the corner kick. Horacio Procopio was out of position in the 75 minute of play, and Chiquito Rico capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Chiquito Rico really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chiquito Rico in the 84th minute of play forced Italia's goalkeeper Horacio Procopio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 84 minutes into the match, Chiquito Rico notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Italia's Horacio Procopio. Horacio Procopio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A sloppy throw-in by Yu Bing Xiao in the 87th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italia's Edgard Alves. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.