World League

Carlos Bianchi
Spectators: 7727 (Terracing: 5796, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) The supporters of Medoacus Maior booed when Deportivo Mukenio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jean-Pierre Pogba didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ismael Gimenez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Barresi in the 17th minute of the match. In the 18th minute Aziz Akarsu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Biagio Tolin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Deportivo Mukenio's Ismael Gimenez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Barresi in the 21st minute of play. In the 26th minute Miguel Tristan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismael Gimenez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Biagio Tolin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aziz Akarsu, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Ismael Gimenez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Tristan in the 37th minute of play. Aziz Akarsu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Biagio Tolin having to interfere. Ismael Gimenez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Corrado Piscopo in the 41st minute of the match. In the 42nd minute, Ferruccio Baldassarre hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Medoacus Maior's Biagio Tolin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aziz Akarsu in the 45th minute of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Miguel Tristan to make the kick off. When Medoacus Maior's Urtungo Verdejo, in the 51st minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Medoacus Maior. Ismael Gimenez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diego Barresi in the 57th minute of play. The supporters of Medoacus Maior booed when Deportivo Mukenio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian Vidican didn't get a good kick on the ball. 69 minutes into the game, Ferruccio Baldassarre threw the ball into play from the sideline. Deportivo Mukenio's 周政景 quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Ismael Gimenez was out of position in the 72 minute of play, and Miguel Tristan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Miguel Tristan really showed his touch with that goal: 0-1. Medoacus Maior made a substitution. Fausto Fontanive replaced Cristiano Leggeri. 80 minutes in the game Fedele De Rubeis did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Ferruccio Baldassarre. The audience thought a goal was coming when Miguel Tristan got free with Ismael Gimenez in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fedele De Rubeis made in the 88th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Fausto Fontanive. The audience was convinced that Miguel Tristan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ismael Gimenez was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Medoacus Maior were awarded a corner in the 90th minute after Deportivo Mukenio's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alvaro Tolin took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Alvaro Tolin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ismael Gimenez quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ismael Gimenez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Tristan in the 92nd minute of play. Ismael Gimenez was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Miguel Tristan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 93 minute of play. Medoacus Maior's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.