World League

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Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Acácio Tinoco started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Jailson Tasso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Denis Paulin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lionel-Andrés Messi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ata Necmi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. In the 15th minute Lionel-Andrés Messi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ata Necmi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 19th minute of play forced BRASIL DE PELOTAS 4EVER's goalkeeper Ata Necmi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Lionel-Andrés Messi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ata Necmi was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. When Defensores de Lombroso's Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BRASIL DE PELOTAS 4EVER's goalie prevented a goal. In the 22nd minute of the match Defensores de Lombroso got a corner. BRASIL DE PELOTAS 4EVER's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Godfredo Gau ran over to the corner to take the kick. Acácio Tinoco succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 25th playminute. In the 31st minute of the match BRASIL DE PELOTAS 4EVER got a corner. Defensores de Lombroso's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jailson Tasso ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on BRASIL DE PELOTAS 4EVER's corner Jailson Tasso fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Denis Paulin quite easily take care of the ball. After a rather tough play, BRASIL DE PELOTAS 4EVER's Adhemar Arce got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ata Necmi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Godfredo Gau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Lionel-Andrés Messi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lionel-Andrés Messi to make the kick off. Leonardo Paz hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. In the 53rd minute, Jonathan Raphael hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Defensores de Lombroso's zone, Acácio Tinoco stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Denis Paulin came out of the goal and Acácio Tinoco tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Defensores de Lombroso made a substitution. Alan Varela replaced Roman Riquelme. After 59 minutes, Solustiano Arenas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BRASIL DE PELOTAS 4EVER and the Defensores de Lombroso players grew even worse after the yellow card. Acácio Tinoco's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Denis Paulin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 64th minute of play. In the 66th minute, Uriel Ferrer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ata Necmi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Uriel Ferrer did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-3 to the left of a surprised Ata Necmi 69 minutes into the match. In the 75th minute, Acácio Tinoco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Ata Necmi managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when Defensores de Lombroso's Uriel Ferrer fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The Defensores de Lombroso fans' excitement grew in the 78th match minute when Defensores de Lombroso's Uriel Ferrer looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Uriel Ferrer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ata Necmi having to interfere. In the 86th match minute, Defensores de Lombroso was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Simon to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute Alan Varela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ata Necmi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. BRASIL DE PELOTAS 4EVER's Ata Necmi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save BRASIL DE PELOTAS 4EVER from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Uriel Ferrer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Defensores de Lombroso's supporters rose to their feet, but Uriel Ferrer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ata Necmi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Uriel Ferrer's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 96thth minute, Ata Necmi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Uriel Ferrers short, quick shot in the 96thth minute got Ata Necmi to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The Defensores de Lombroso supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Defensores de Lombroso would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.