World League

Arena Ximbocú
Spectators: 8056 (Terracing: 6043, Seating: 1853, VIP seats: 160) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nuno Cardoso started the match with the kick off. Daniel Anaya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claude Sena, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 11th minute Willie Colon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Anaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Atlético Municipal's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nuno Cardoso was slow to take the kick. During this time Lobo Guará's players had a chance to rest. With an all-out effort, Lobo Guará's Chuan Cintron threw himself towards the right post 17 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ezequiel Pereira, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 19th minute Oscar De León shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Anaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chuan Cintron made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ezequiel Pereira in the 21st minute. Chuan Cintron showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Cardoso, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After 29 minutes of play, Atlético Municipal's Willie Colon made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Daniel Anaya was left in no man's land by his defense there! Daniel Anaya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oscar De León in the 36th minute of play. Daniel Anaya took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Willie Colon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Claude Sena took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Daniel Anaya. Daniel Anaya dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. The Lobo Guará players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Atlético Municipal were winning 1-2.

Atlético Municipal made a substitution. Silvanito Gainza replaced Azubeli Roman. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frank Dusett stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Daniel Anaya made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Frank Dusett sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Lobo Guará's Daniel Anaya got control of the ball when Frank Dusett tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 57th minute of the match Atlético Municipal got a corner. Lobo Guará's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Claude Sena ran over to the corner to take the kick. Atlético Municipal's Claude Sena was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Daniel Anaya in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When Celio Cruz fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Atlético Municipal's protests and gave Celio Cruz a yellow card for diving instead. After 63 played minutes Atlético Municipal got a freekick which was hit by Celio Cruz. Lobo Guará made a substitution. Aykut Adar replaced Nuno Cardoso. Lobo Guará made a substitution. Nando Barbosa replaced Roberto Domingues. The supporters of Lobo Guará booed when Atlético Municipal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Celio Cruz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Berker Başhekim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chuan Cintron having to interfere. Atlético Municipal's Gau Resto was substituted for Oscar De León. 74 minutes into the match, Lobo Guará's Ciro de Moraes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Chuan Cintron narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 75 minutes into the match, Atlético Municipal's goal looked a bit too open when Ciro de Moraes came free, but Chuan Cintron reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chuan Cintron stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ciro de Moraes's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Atlético Municipal's goalkeeper Chuan Cintron, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Frank Dusett in the 82nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Daniel Anaya prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Daniel Anaya stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Frank Dusett's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Gau Resto's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Daniel Anaya firmly grabbed it by the left post. Chuan Cintron didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ciro de Moraes went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.