World League

Arena Winters
Spectators: 7561 (Terracing: 5672, Seating: 1738, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Diego Armando Lamb got the match started through his kick off. Airborne FC's Pedro Paulo Barreto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Nadal in the 5th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Horia Lupu could shoot a difficult shot in the 7th minute, which José Chilavert however easily saved by the left post. Rafael Nadal scored 0-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Paulo Barreto, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Halit Hürsoy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Algarrobo's zone, Halit Hürsoy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Chilavert came out of the goal and Halit Hürsoy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Diego Armando Lamb in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedro Paulo Barreto prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dejan Stankovič was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 20 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 20th minute of the game. One of Algarrobo:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Airborne FC:s goal. The goalkeeper, José Chilavert, was totally fooled by Airborne FC's Horia Lupu, who 22 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 25th minute, Dani Alves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Chilavert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Halit Hürsoy, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. José Chilavert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Halit Hürsoy in the 28th minute of the match. José Chilavert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Halit Hürsoy, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. 34 minutes into the match, Algarrobo's goal looked a bit too open when Halit Hürsoy came free, but José Chilavert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After taking down the ball on Airborne FC's corner Horia Lupu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and José Chilavert quite easily take care of the ball. Jorge Velloso in the 36thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of José Chilavert, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When Halit Hürsoy came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Airborne FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Halit Hürsoy couldn't finish the play. Pedro Paulo Barreto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Ignacio Vera in the 39th minute of play. José Chilavert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Halit Hürsoy in the 47th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Halit Hürsoy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dani Alves kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Airborne FC defense, Rafael Nadal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Paulo Barreto. The Airborne FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Paulo Barreto should have stopped the shot. Algarrobo made a substitution. Wilfredo Marchetti replaced Rafael Nadal. Dani Alves made in the 64th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Airborne FC's Horia Lupu. Pedro Paulo Barreto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Armando Lamb in the 66th minute of the match. Airborne FC's Pedro Paulo Barreto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Armando Lamb in the 70th minute of play. In the 72ndth minute of the game Halit Hürsoy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Algarrobo's José Chilavert was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Diego Armando Lamb in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedro Paulo Barreto prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Airborne FC made a substitution. Dagoberto Valadares replaced Äli Abdulrähmanov. Airborne FC made a substitution. César Sampaio replaced Iago Matas. Pedro Paulo Barreto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Diego Armando Lamb in the 80th minute. In the 86th minute, Halit Hürsoy got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dani Alves made in the 89th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Diego Armando Lamb however managed to control. Pedro Paulo Barreto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Diego Armando Lamb in the 91st minute. In the 93rd match minute, Algarrobo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dani Alves to maneuver through the defense. Dani Alves hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Algarrobo's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.