World League

José Sand
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Damian Su took the kick off in the first half of the match. Arlindo Guedes made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Damian Su sent off a good shot on target. In the 7th minute Acercate Y Patea de Lejos were awarded a corner. Jose Gipuzkoa went to the cornerflag to take it. A collision led to Acercate Y Patea de Lejos getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Nicolaas Otamendi hit a great ball. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emilio Munio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Murilo Lucas in the 13th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goal looked a bit too open when Antônio Carlos Bueno came free, but Emilio Munio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute, Jose Gipuzkoa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Acercate Y Patea de Lejos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After a rather tough play, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Ambrosio Viviano got a free kick in the 24th minute. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emilio Munio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaime Pombal in the 25th minute of play. Kraig Rowley kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marcos Paulista in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Emilio Munio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 42 minutes into the game, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Kraig Rowley nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arlindo Guedes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Murilo Lucas managed to get in a good position for a shot. AF CERRADO's supporters rose to their feet, but Murilo Lucas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emilio Munio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Antônio Carlos Bueno made a kick off. In the 54th minute, Toninho Moreira fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Emilio Munio, passed just outside the right post. After 54 minutes of play, AF CERRADO's Antônio Carlos Bueno made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emilio Munio was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 63 played minutes AF CERRADO got a freekick which was hit by Pedro Lopez. After a rather tough play, AF CERRADO's Pedro Lopez got a free kick in the 65th minute. If Federico Colas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Arlindo Guedes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Federico Colas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute, Federico Colas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arlindo Guedes was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. When Federico Colas came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Acercate Y Patea de Lejos fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Federico Colas couldn't finish the play. Arlindo Guedes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Federico Colas went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Arlindo Guedes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Javier Milei in the 89th minute of play. Antônio Carlos Bueno received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Emilio Munio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arlindo Guedes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Federico Colas in the 93rd minute of the match.