World League

Tito Meazza
Spectators: 7668 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Krakaca Neto got the match started through his kick off. Lázaro Colon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beto Smith in the 4th minute of the match. Juniors FC's Enrique Frasco got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Juniors FC's Lázaro Colon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Beto Smith in the 13th minute of play. Lázaro Colon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krakaca Neto in the 17th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, Juniors FC's goal looked a bit too open when Beto Smith came free, but Lázaro Colon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Krakaca Neto in the 28th minute of play forced Juniors FC's goalkeeper Lázaro Colon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lázaro Colon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Beto Smith went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Lázaro Colon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Afonso Pinhal, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. João Carlos Andrade made an important save on a dangerous shot by Enrique Frasco in the 34th minute. João Carlos Andrade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enrique Frasco in the 36th minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Krakaca Neto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Futuros FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Lázaro Colon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Krakaca Neto, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After 44 minutes, Krakaca Neto made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Juniors FC's Lázaro Colon tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Beto Smith's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lázaro Colon was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. Wlodzimierz Lepper kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Enrique Frasco was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute Krakaca Neto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lázaro Colon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Juniors FC's Lázaro Colon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Krakaca Neto in the 54th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Fernandes in the 63rd minute of play forced Juniors FC's goalkeeper Lázaro Colon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 66 minutes, Enrique Frasco managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Juniors FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Enrique Frasco was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tomás Salomon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. João Carlos Andrade tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Juniors FC made a substitution. Pepe Sand replaced Enrique Frasco. Lázaro Colon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Krakaca Neto in the 71st minute of the match. Marcos Fernandes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Lázaro Colon made a huge save. Lázaro Colon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Krakaca Neto went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. In the 93rd minute Tomás Salomon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Carlos Andrade saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Futuros FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.