World League

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Spectators: 8167 (Terracing: 6127, Seating: 1878, VIP seats: 162) Nuno Cardoso started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 3 minutes of play, Lobo Guará's Ezequiel Pereira made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xiao Ting Yang was left in no man's land by his defense there! Xiao Ting Yang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nuno Cardoso in the 10th minute of the match. After some careless play in the C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 defense, Nuno Cardoso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Xiao Ting Yang. The C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Xiao Ting Yang should have stopped the shot. Daniel Anaya made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pol Petton in the 29th minute. 30 minutes into the match, Lobo Guará's goalkeeper Daniel Anaya had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christian Almkvist. Xiao Ting Yang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ezequiel Pereira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th minute C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 were awarded a corner. Saul Roman went to the cornerflag to take it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Saul Roman got free with Daniel Anaya in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Christian Almkvist made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute Roberto Domingues shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xiao Ting Yang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's goal looked a bit too open when Roberto Domingues came free, but Xiao Ting Yang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pol Petton in the 61st minute of play forced Lobo Guará's goalkeeper Daniel Anaya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Anaya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pol Petton, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Vlad Imperiale kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Lobo Guará's Nando Barbosa was substituted for Roberto Domingues. Vlad Imperiale hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. In the 65th minute of the match Saul Roman shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Daniel Anaya showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ciro de Moraes struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Xiao Ting Yang didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lobo Guará. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 made a substitution. Indar Albizua replaced Christian Almkvist. 72 minutes into the match, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's goal looked a bit too open when Ciro de Moraes came free, but Xiao Ting Yang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Xiao Ting Yang proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 from getting a goal against them. A collision led to C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Alvar Llinares hit a great ball. When Nando Barbosa came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Lobo Guará 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 Nando Barbosa couldn't finish the play. In the 92nd minute, Emilio Ramone hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daniel Anaya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Indar Albizua in the 93rd minute of play. Lobo Guará's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.