World League

Presidente Zezão
Spectators: 7723 (Terracing: 5793, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Valdomiro de Godoi took the kick off in the first half of the match. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Valdomiro de Godoi put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of José Luis Chilavert. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eladio Ulloa in the 9th minute of the match. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eladio Ulloa in the 12th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valdomiro de Godoi got free with José Luis Chilavert in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 17th minute, Eulalio Callejas made a precise shot to the right of Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas. Romando Futebol Clube's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ballet Azul's goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Joélson de Mendonça hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eulalio Callejas, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. José Luis Chilavert was a little too slow when Valdomiro de Godoi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 25th minute. The score was now 2-1. 30 minutes into the game, Romando Futebol Clube's Valdomiro de Godoi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. José Luis Chilavert made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Ballet Azul's José Luis Chilavert proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Ballet Azul from getting a goal against them. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eladio Ulloa in the 40th minute of play. A collision led to Romando Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Lino Valle hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell René Puente to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ubaldo Maillard during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 51st match minute, Romando Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ubaldo Maillard to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Romando Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. André Sundström hit a great ball. Ballet Azul's José Luis Chilavert played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdomiro de Godoi in the 56th minute of play. After 57 minutes, Nahuel Cunningham mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ballet Azul and the Romando Futebol Clube players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Ballet Azul getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Nahuel Cunningham hit a great ball. José Luis Chilavert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niva Bellido in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 64thth minute of the game Niva Bellido who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ballet Azul's José Luis Chilavert was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lino Valle kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. In the 71st minute, Lino Valle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 77th minute, Eladio Ulloa made a precise shot to the right of Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas. Romando Futebol Clube's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eladio Ulloa in the 80th minute of play. José Luis Chilavert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niva Bellido in the 82nd minute of the match. 84 minutes into the game, Romando Futebol Clube's Niva Bellido nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. José Luis Chilavert made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Odín Enríquez sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by André Sundström during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 93rd match minute, Romando Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by André Sundström to maneuver through the defense. In the 95th minute René Puente shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from René Puente, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.