World League

NEM CT Stadium
Spectators: 7741 (Terracing: 5807, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) In the 4th minute, Edgardo Silva fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Aurelio Giammaria, passed just outside the right post. Tony Pacheco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Aurelio Giammaria made a huge save. Edgardo Silva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 16 minutes into the match, ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s goal looked a bit too open when Edgardo Silva came free, but Aurelio Giammaria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aurelio Giammaria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgardo Silva in the 18th minute of play. With a little luck, ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Aurelio Giammaria got control of the ball when António Nóbrega tried to sneak it across the goal line. 30 minutes into the match, ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s goal looked a bit too open when Edgardo Silva came free, but Aurelio Giammaria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeremy Nicholas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from C.J. 吕布, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Ye Gang Cheng in the 39th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Harry Karisma. Edgardo Silva's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aurelio Giammaria read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 43rd minute of play. Edgardo Silva was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 44th minute. New England Minas's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After a rather tough play, New England Minas's Edgardo Silva got a free kick in the 47th minute. The supporters of ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ booed when New England Minas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edgardo Silva didn't get a good kick on the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for C.J. 吕布 to strike the kick off in the second half. If Edgardo Silva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 55 minutes into the match, ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s goal looked a bit too open when Edgardo Silva came free, but Aurelio Giammaria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when C.J. 吕布 came free, but Jeremy Nicholas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeremy Nicholas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from C.J. 吕布, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Benny Koks could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Jeremy Nicholas made a huge save. Aurelio Giammaria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgardo Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. In the 64th match minute, ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Slawomir Banach to maneuver through the defense. 68 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when C.J. 吕布 came free, but Jeremy Nicholas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 70th match minute, New England Minas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ye Gang Cheng to maneuver through the defense. New England Minas made a substitution. Tio Lio replaced Edgardo Silva. In the 72nd match minute, New England Minas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ye Gang Cheng to maneuver through the defense. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Benny Koks got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aurelio Giammaria didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tio Lio went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. If Tio Lio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 85th minute, Benny Koks 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. ★★★ Lightning Dragons★★★'s Kryspin Galagan was substituted for C.J. 吕布. In the 89th minute Tio Lio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelio Giammaria saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes in the game, Tio Lio dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Hector Hanmark made in the 92nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by New England Minas's Ye Gang Cheng. When Oscar Nordmark came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the New England Minas 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 Oscar Nordmark couldn't finish the play. A collision led to New England Minas getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. António Nóbrega hit a great ball. New England Minas walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.