World League

El gigante norteño
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Antônio Santos took the kick off in the first half of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Antônio Santos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Xie Chao Cheng. Club A. Chipa y Tereré's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antônio Santos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 12 minutes into the match, Club A. Chipa y Tereré's Jaroslav Nechvátal sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Igor Cordaro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Igor Cordaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo Cabral, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 25th minute, one of Noqueces FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Noqueces FC. The referee gave Club A. Chipa y Tereré a penalty, 27 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Bernardo Cabral, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Noqueces FC's Igor Cordaro. 1-1. Pete Gomez made in the 30th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Club A. Chipa y Tereré's Gregorio Elixio. The audience was convinced that Jaroslav Nechvátal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Igor Cordaro was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. If Jaroslav Nechvátal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Igor Cordaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaroslav Nechvátal in the 35th minute of play. Ali Perker hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. In the 39th minute Antônio Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xie Chao Cheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 45th match minute, Club A. Chipa y Tereré was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Reynaldo Inge to maneuver through the defense. If Antônio Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antônio Santos in the 47th minute of play forced Club A. Chipa y Tereré's goalkeeper Xie Chao Cheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jaroslav Nechvátal was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to Noqueces FC getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Magne Holmgren hit a great ball. Noqueces FC made a substitution. Joel Omero replaced Antônio Santos. A collision led to Noqueces FC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Magne Holmgren hit a great ball. Noqueces FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Magne Holmgren in the 63rd minute. The corner led Noqueces FC's Angelo Vasco to fire away a dangerous shot which Xie Chao Cheng despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Joel Omero took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Xie Chao Cheng to make any attempt to save it. Jaroslav Nechvátal scored 2-2 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Igor Cordaro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Club A. Chipa y Tereré made a substitution. Wen Si Yi replaced Bernardo Cabral. Club A. Chipa y Tereré made a substitution. Gabriel Gaizko replaced Wilfredo Cordairo. With a little luck, Club A. Chipa y Tereré's Xie Chao Cheng got control of the ball when Eustaquio Cloyo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Xie Chao Cheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eustaquio Cloyo, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 87th minute Joel Omero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xie Chao Cheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xie Chao Cheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angelo Vasco in the 93rd minute of play. After 93 played minutes Angelo Vasco shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Club A. Chipa y Tereré's Xie Chao Cheng to catch but Angelo Vasco was lucky. It became 2-4 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. Noqueces FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.