World League

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 8048 (Terracing: 6037, Seating: 1851, VIP seats: 160) ACF Fiorentina's Hernán Leandro 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 3rd minute Hernán Leandro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mano Hume saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Horia Anisie almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Utopía Muerta FC's Mano Hume did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arkadiusz Piatek in the 8th minute of play forced ACF Fiorentina's goalkeeper Federico Kalinowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 10th minute, Hernán Leandro got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arkadiusz Piatek in the 12th minute of play forced ACF Fiorentina's goalkeeper Federico Kalinowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 16 minutes into the match, Hernán Leandro notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Utopía Muerta FC's Mano Hume. Mano Hume was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mano Hume made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hernán Leandro in the 21st minute of play. Federico Kalinowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkadiusz Piatek in the 23rd minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 27 minutes into the game, when Ulrik Sillén put in a rough tackle. 26 minutes into the game, one of ACF Fiorentina:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 28th minute, Fermin Martinez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Utopía Muerta FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 31 minutes into the match, ACF Fiorentina's Hernán Leandro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mano Hume narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Federico Kalinowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fermin Martinez in the 33rd minute of play. In the 36th minute Fermin Martinez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Federico Kalinowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Federico Kalinowski came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by Utopía Muerta FC's Fermin Martinez. But to his dismay, Fermin Martinez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Federico Kalinowski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fermin Martinez went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. The ACF Fiorentina players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Utopía Muerta FC were winning 2-3.

The wind increased when Arkadiusz Piatek made the kick off in the second half. Utopía Muerta FC's Mano Hume played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hernán Leandro in the 64th minute of play. After 68 minutes of play, ACF Fiorentina's Hernán Leandro made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mano Hume was left in no man's land by his defense there! ACF Fiorentina made a substitution. Anselmo Luar replaced Martin Vellito. ACF Fiorentina's Hildeberto Carvalho was substituted for Saturnino Michael. Utopía Muerta FC's Braulio Hibai was substituted for Nuno Montenegro. ACF Fiorentina's Maximino Cabezon was substituted for Hernán Leandro. If Maximino Cabezon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fermin Martinez in the 82nd minute of play forced ACF Fiorentina's goalkeeper Federico Kalinowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Utopía Muerta FC's Fermin Martinez in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ACF Fiorentina's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Fermin Martinez put it in 3-4 from a short distance just to the right of Federico Kalinowski. 89 minutes into the match, ACF Fiorentina's goal looked a bit too open when Braulio Hibai came free, but Federico Kalinowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Utopía Muerta FC's Cristo Leoncio was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Federico Kalinowski in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 92nd minute Maximino Cabezon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mano Hume saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A well done corner resulted in Prudencio Ubelteso drilling the ball in to score 3-5 behind ACF Fiorentina's goalkeeper. Utopía Muerta FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.