World League

Camp of the Victory
Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 160) MARTINETA's Carlos Cesaro 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 6th match minute, Luganeros AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joe Kimutai to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th match minute, Luganeros AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joe Kimutai to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Luganeros AFC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Joe Kimutai hit a great ball. Luis Vázquez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Bartolo Beliran made a huge save. 31 minutes into the game, Lv Qiang Xiao was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. MARTINETA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Luganeros AFC the free kick. A collision led to MARTINETA getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Lv Qiang Xiao hit a great ball. 32 minutes into the match, MARTINETA's goalkeeper Bartolo Beliran had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luis Vázquez. Osvaldinho Arce kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luis Vázquez got free with Bartolo Beliran in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luis Vázquez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Enzo-Nicolás Madrid was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 53 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 53rd minute of the game. One of MARTINETA:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Luganeros AFC:s goal. Luganeros AFC made a substitution. Yu Quan Di replaced Ricardo Oinaz. Gabriel Porfiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lv Qiang Xiao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luganeros AFC's Gabriel Porfiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lv Qiang Xiao in the 68th minute of play. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by Luganeros AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lv Qiang Xiao was slow to take the kick. During this time MARTINETA's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Albino Eliu heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Lv Qiang Xiao sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yu Quan Di in the 80th minute of play forced MARTINETA's goalkeeper Bartolo Beliran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute Yu Quan Di shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartolo Beliran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 84 minutes Luganeros AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lv Qiang Xiao who took care of the corner kick. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Alexander Buonanno advanced and headed the ball into goal, 1-1 in the 85th minute. 87 minutes into the match, MARTINETA's goal looked a bit too open when Rey Ronaldo came free, but Bartolo Beliran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 89th minute, MARTINETA's Lv Qiang Xiao ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gabriel Porfiro. Gabriel Porfiro yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. 92 minutes into the match, MARTINETA's goal looked a bit too open when Yu Quan Di came free, but Bartolo Beliran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Yu Quan Di's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bartolo Beliran was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. In the 96th minute Yu Quan Di shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartolo Beliran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yu Quan Di in the 97th minute of play forced MARTINETA's goalkeeper Bartolo Beliran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched MARTINETA eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.