World League

Sebastien Faure
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Agostinho Almeida made the kick off and thus started the match. After a defensive mix-up in Deportivo Andaluz's zone, Agostinho Almeida stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Franco Marholz came out of the goal and Agostinho Almeida tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Deportivo Andaluz's defense didn't have a chance, in the 5th minute, when Agostinho Almeida scored to the left of an out of position Franco Marholz, making the score, 1-0. In the 8th minute of the match, Gilson Meirelles tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Franco Marholz saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Alisson Becker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Quintén L´Hotelier, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Enmanuel Mallea hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Juventudes Libertárias's Edson Braddock slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Franco Marholz. That made the score 2-0 after 14 minutes of play. 16 minutes into the match, Agostinho Almeida notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Deportivo Andaluz's Franco Marholz. Franco Marholz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 22nd minute, Juventudes Libertárias's Edson Braddock ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Franco Marholz. Franco Marholz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-0. 26 minutes into the match, Deportivo Andaluz's goal looked a bit too open when Gilson Meirelles came free, but Franco Marholz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute, Gilson Meirelles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Juventudes Libertárias fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. In the 29th minute, Juventudes Libertárias's Edson Braddock dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 6-0. In the 37th minute Edson Braddock shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Marholz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Deportivo Andaluz defense, Edson Braddock kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Franco Marholz. The Deportivo Andaluz fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Franco Marholz should have stopped the shot. Edson Braddock fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Franco Marholz having to interfere. If Agostinho Almeida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Deportivo Andaluz's Franco Marholz got control of the ball when Dino Baiano tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Andaluz's Adam Salvatierra got a free kick in the 47th minute. When Dino Baiano came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the Juventudes Libertárias 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 Dino Baiano couldn't finish the play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 7-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Quintén L´Hotelier to strike the kick off in the second half. Franco Marholz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edson Braddock's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. Franco Marholz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edson Braddock, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. After 59 minutes of play, Juventudes Libertárias's Dino Baiano made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Franco Marholz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Franco Marholz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Agostinho Almeida, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute, Edson Braddock ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Franco Marholz was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. Gilson Meirelles might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Franco Marholz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gilson Meirelles ran back to his position shaking his head. Edson Braddock received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Franco Marholz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Agostinho Almeida's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Franco Marholz was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Dino Baiano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Franco Marholz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edson Braddock in the 82nd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Agostinho Almeida put it in 10-0 from a short distance just to the right of Franco Marholz. Franco Marholz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edson Braddock in the 88th minute of play. After 89 minutes of play, Juventudes Libertárias's Agostinho Almeida made it 11-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Franco Marholz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Agostinho Almeida sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edson Braddock's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Franco Marholz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 95th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Juventudes Libertárias players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.