World League

Coliseo
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) El retorno del Pincha's Maximino Lope started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Through an outstanding action, after 4 minutes, André Zonta successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 5th minute, Pedro Brasil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 10 minutes into the match, El retorno del Pincha's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Nafarroa came free, but André Zonta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maximino Lope scored 0-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Guaberto Playo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Through an outstanding action, after 14 minutes, André Zonta successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some careless play in the El retorno del Pincha defense, Redas Baliukonis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of André Zonta. The El retorno del Pincha fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that André Zonta should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Inautzi in the 21st minute of play forced Italia's goalkeeper Guaberto Playo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes into the game, El retorno del Pincha's Maximino Lope nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Guaberto Playo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Eleuterio Maraman might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over André Zonta. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eleuterio Maraman ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 38th minute of the match El retorno del Pincha got a corner. Italia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ernesto Tristezza ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Redas Baliukonis in the 40th minute of play forced El retorno del Pincha's goalkeeper André Zonta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guaberto Playo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maximino Lope, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 43rd minute, Abelardo Abechuco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

El retorno del Pincha's Marcel Ternby was substituted for Armando Inautzi. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Nafarroa to strike the kick off in the second half. Sven Thorsberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Guaberto Playo having to make a save. In the 53rd minute Sven Thorsberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guaberto Playo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. André Zonta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Redas Baliukonis, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Italia's goalkeeper Guaberto Playo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. André Zonta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eleuterio Maraman in the 58th minute of play. Italia's Guaberto Playo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sven Thorsberg in the 60th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, El retorno del Pincha's goal looked a bit too open when Redas Baliukonis came free, but André Zonta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sven Thorsberg took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Guaberto Playo. Guaberto Playo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Italia made a substitution. Lorenzo Loi replaced Eleuterio Maraman. After 75 minutes of play, Italia's Redas Baliukonis made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. André Zonta was left in no man's land by his defense there! 78 minutes into the match, El retorno del Pincha's goal looked a bit too open when Redas Baliukonis came free, but André Zonta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute Kerim Kılıc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Zonta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. André Zonta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavio Elodio in the 84th minute of play. Guaberto Playo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sven Thorsberg's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. In the 86th minute Kerim Kılıc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Zonta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. André Zonta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kerim Kılıc in the 88th minute of play. El retorno del Pincha's André Zonta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kerim Kılıc in the 88th minute of play. André Zonta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Redas Baliukonis, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. El retorno del Pincha's André Zonta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Redas Baliukonis in the 93rd minute of play. After 94 minutes El retorno del Pincha's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Redas Baliukonis who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Flavio Elodio almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but El retorno del Pincha's André Zonta did a great save. El retorno del Pincha's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.