World League

Lionel Messi
Spectators: 8522 (Terracing: 6392, Seating: 1960, VIP seats: 170) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kraig Fred kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kraig Fred in the 14th minute of play forced ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Xie Bang Ang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Florentino Berasko got free with Marcos Ranolfo in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Xie Bang Ang, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marcos Ranolfo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emilio Gonzales in the 20th minute of play. Marcos Ranolfo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Florentino Berasko in the 23rd minute. Xie Bang Ang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kraig Fred in the 25th minute of the match. With a little luck, Estudiantes de América's Marcos Ranolfo got control of the ball when Emilio Gonzales tried to sneak it across the goal line. Xie Bang Ang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kraig Fred in the 31st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Emilio Gonzales's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcos Ranolfo was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kraig Fred in the 42nd minute of play forced ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Xie Bang Ang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd match minute, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo Chávez to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Florentino Berasko was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute the ball was on its way in behind Estudiantes de América's goalkeeper Marcos Ranolfo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marcos Ranolfo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emilio Gonzales, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcos Ranolfo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florentino Berasko in the 56th minute of the match. If Emilio Gonzales had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Estudiantes de América made a substitution. Concetto Trasatti replaced Kraig Fred. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Robert Haegg was substituted for Florentino Berasko. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Jonas Paz was substituted for Emilio Gonzales. Estudiantes de América's Traian Blăniță was substituted for Cornelio Ruisko. Concetto Trasatti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xie Bang Ang having to interfere. A throw-in in the 72nd minute of the game was made by Kert Roolaid with Concetto Trasatti as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After 74 minutes of play, Estudiantes de América's Concetto Trasatti made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xie Bang Ang was left in no man's land by his defense there! Xie Bang Ang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Concetto Trasatti, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Estudiantes de América were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Maximo Dei took the corner. A very nice done corner allowed Concetto Trasatti to score against Xie Bang Ang in ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goal. 0-3 after 80 minutes. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Xie Bang Ang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Traian Blăniță in the 89th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Estudiantes de América's zone, Jonas Paz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcos Ranolfo came out of the goal and Jonas Paz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Xie Bang Ang was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Joel Cordarrel capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Joel Cordarrel really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. Estudiantes de América's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.