World League

Estádio 25 de Abril
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Eureka's Dário Colaço 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. In the 5th minute of the match, Valentim Castilho got a very nice opportunity to score, but Virgilio Sotil was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dário Colaço in the 9th minute of play forced Villa Mitre's goalkeeper Virgilio Sotil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gaspar Mateo in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Salvador Sordo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Dário Colaço's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Virgilio Sotil was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. In the 16th minute, Aurelio Rubio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 23 minutes into the match, Villa Mitre's goal looked a bit too open when Laureano Portugal came free, but Virgilio Sotil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Salvador Sordo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaspar Mateo in the 25th minute of the match. The supporters of Eureka booed when Villa Mitre was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulo Admon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Virgilio Sotil made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Valentim Castilho sent off a good shot on target. 36 minutes into the game, Eureka's Laureano Portugal nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Virgilio Sotil made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Benê Gonçalves charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Benê Gonçalves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Villa Mitre's Benê Gonçalves got a free kick in the 39th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Eureka's Valentim Castilho slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Virgilio Sotil. That made the score 2-0 after 40 minutes of play. In the 43rd minute, Laureano Portugal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eureka fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gaspar Mateo to strike the kick off in the second half. Virgilio Sotil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laureano Portugal, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Salvador Sordo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ramiro Jerano in the 55th minute. Virgilio Sotil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dário Colaço in the 56th minute of the match. Virgilio Sotil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laureano Portugal in the 58th minute of the match. In the 61st minute Armindo Barcelos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgilio Sotil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dário Colaço might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Virgilio Sotil. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dário Colaço ran back to his position shaking his head. Dário Colaço scored 4-0 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Virgilio Sotil, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Virgilio Sotil didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valentim Castilho went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Villa Mitre defense, Valentim Castilho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Virgilio Sotil. The Villa Mitre fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Virgilio Sotil should have stopped the shot. Virgilio Sotil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armindo Barcelos, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Dário Colaço fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgilio Sotil having to interfere. After 85 minutes, Valentim Castilho made it 7-0 with a short kick to the right side. Villa Mitre's Virgilio Sotil tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Salvador Sordo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaspar Mateo in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 93rd minute, Valentim Castilho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Virgilio Sotil was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. Eureka's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.