World League

Ray Charles
Spectators: 7493 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Glen Van Acht started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Mr.Magoo's zone, Joel Macias stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roman Gartzea came out of the goal and Joel Macias tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Glen Van Acht's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Romeo Toli was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Romeo Toli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Glen Van Acht in the 7th minute of the match. In the 9th match minute, Diego Eterno was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Genaro Isadore to maneuver through the defense. Guillermo Ulizes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Emiliano Banegas hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. 14 minutes into the match, Diego Eterno's Shen Xun sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roman Gartzea narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Diego Eterno were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Mr.Magoo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Feliberto Macias took the corner. Roman Gartzea stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Shen Xun's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. Roman Gartzea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Macias in the 25th minute of the match. Diego Eterno's Romeo Toli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Diego Eterno from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Pars Yılhan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mr.Magoo's supporters rose to their feet, but Pars Yılhan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Romeo Toli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 32nd minute Shen Xun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Gartzea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Godofredo Oxel hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. After 44 played minutes Diego Eterno got a freekick which was hit by Wei Liang Qian. In the 45th minute of the match Pars Yılhan shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Romeo Toli showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Mr.Magoo's Roman Gartzea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Macias in the 47th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Shen Xun to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Mr.Magoo's Baltasar Efraim got a free kick in the 52nd minute. With an all-out effort, Diego Eterno's Roman Gartzea threw himself towards the right post 65 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Emiliano Banegas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The supporters of Diego Eterno booed when Mr.Magoo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pascual Ursino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Diego Eterno's Saul Goodman was substituted for Joel Macias. After a rather tough play, Mr.Magoo's Pascual Ursino got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Diego Eterno's Romeo Toli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Glen Van Acht in the 74th minute of play. Shen Xun in the 77thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Roman Gartzea, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Roman Gartzea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saul Goodman, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 81st match minute, Mr.Magoo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nilmar Neves to maneuver through the defense. Shen Xun's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Roman Gartzea firmly grabbed it by the left post. Emiliano Banegas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Baltasar Efraim hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Roman Gartzea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saul Goodman in the 87th minute of the match. In the 90thth minute of the game Saul Goodman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mr.Magoo's Roman Gartzea was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 91 minutes Mr.Magoo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eugenio Mena who took care of the corner kick. Diego Eterno's Eugenio Mena got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Diego Eterno's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.