World League

LA BRANCANERA
Spectators: 7593 (Terracing: 5696, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Wellington Pires kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Austra VFC's goalkeeper Hudson Gaúcho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Faustino Maura's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Hudson Gaúcho - 1-0 was put on the score board in the 3rd minute. Hudson Gaúcho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonel Cordara, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Genaro Ponciano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wellington Pires in the 8th minute of play. Genaro Ponciano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wellington Pires, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 13 minutes into the match, Austra VFC's goal looked a bit too open when Leonel Cordara came free, but Hudson Gaúcho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hudson Gaúcho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leonel Cordara went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Genaro Ponciano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wellington Pires, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leandro Vianna blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Genaro Ponciano having to make a save. 33 minutes into the game, Raúl Perez threw the ball into play from the sideline. El Branca del Vieja's Shi Xu quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. A sloppy throw-in by Raúl Perez in the 39th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by El Branca del Vieja's 김 망절. El Branca del Vieja's Leonel Cordara got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 42 minutes into the match, Wellington Pires had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Genaro Ponciano. El Branca del Vieja's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wellington Pires was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Hudson Gaúcho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonel Cordara, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Leonel Cordara made a great header on El Branca del Vieja's corner, it was just that Austra VFC's Hudson Gaúcho managed to reach the ball for a save. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Austra VFC made a substitution. Yaroslav Lyubar replaced Tomé Damião. Wellington Pires sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Leandro Vianna struck a weak shot in the 57th minute. Genaro Ponciano didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Austra VFC. Hudson Gaúcho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonel Cordara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leandro Vianna was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 61st minute. Austra VFC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Austra VFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Maxim Vasilitã in the 65th minute. 67 minutes into the match, El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Genaro Ponciano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leandro Vianna. El Branca del Vieja's Mauro Milano was substituted for Silverio Tuste. In the 70th minute of the match Austra VFC got a corner. El Branca del Vieja's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Maxim Vasilitã ran over to the corner to take the kick. Wellington Pires was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 80th minute, Leonel Cordara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Genaro Ponciano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wellington Pires, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hudson Gaúcho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Cordara in the 84th minute of the match. Genaro Ponciano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wellington Pires, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauro Milano in the 91st minute of play forced Austra VFC's goalkeeper Hudson Gaúcho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Genaro Ponciano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus Pollard, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. After 95 played minutes El Branca del Vieja got a freekick which was hit by Alonzo Oto. Austra VFC's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because El Branca del Vieja had won, even though Austra VFC had held more of the ball.