World League

Estadio Ushuaia
Spectators: 7447 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 120) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dave Blair started the match with the kick off. After 4 played minutes AC ALDO BONZI got a freekick which was hit by Isaac Laurendi. Oscar Saldanha made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Tomas Peeters sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulinho Paraibano in the 13th minute of play forced AC ALDO BONZI's goalkeeper Arnoldo Canor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oscar Saldanha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dave Blair, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. A collision led to Squadra Demarchi getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Júnior Meirelles hit a great ball. After 19 minutes of play Squadra Demarchi's Júnior Meirelles was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of AC ALDO BONZI booed when Squadra Demarchi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Júnior Meirelles didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 23 minutes, Edelmiro Jago made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Squadra Demarchi's Oscar Saldanha tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Edelmiro Jago in the 27thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Oscar Saldanha, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 28th minute of the match AC ALDO BONZI got a corner. Squadra Demarchi's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomas Peeters ran over to the corner to take the kick. Tomas Peeters made a great header on AC ALDO BONZI's corner, it was just that Squadra Demarchi's Oscar Saldanha managed to reach the ball for a save. Squadra Demarchi's Oscar Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Peeters in the 32nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Peeters in the 35th minute of play forced Squadra Demarchi's goalkeeper Oscar Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Squadra Demarchi's Oscar Saldanha got control of the ball when Tomas Peeters tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dave Blair in the 40th minute of play forced Squadra Demarchi's goalkeeper Oscar Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oscar Saldanha made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edelmiro Jago in the 42nd minute. Edelmiro Jago recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arnoldo Canor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudinho Pinho in the 47th minute of the match. 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 Claudinho Pinho to strike the kick off in the second half. Arnoldo Canor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kléber Queirós in the 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dave Blair in the 53rd minute of play forced Squadra Demarchi's goalkeeper Oscar Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 55 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Tomas Peeters sped through Squadra Demarchi's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Oscar Saldanha. Claudinho Pinho's late challenge caught a AC ALDO BONZI's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Claudinho Pinho helped the player get up and apologised. Claudinho Pinho kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Oscar Saldanha didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edelmiro Jago went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Kléber Queirós charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kléber Queirós the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Squadra Demarchi getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Kléber Queirós hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Edelmiro Jago's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oscar Saldanha was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. After 70 minutes Squadra Demarchi's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Peeters who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Tomas Peeters got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Oscar Saldanha quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 71st minute, Nelson Vidal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Dave Blair's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oscar Saldanha was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Dave Blair received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Oscar Saldanha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 80th minute Dave Blair shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Saldanha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tomas Peeters sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. AC ALDO BONZI made a substitution. Ramon Castel replaced Octave De Coster. Arnoldo Canor made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Kléber Queirós sent off a good shot on target.