World League

Baltasar Lawrence
Spectators: 7711 (Terracing: 5785, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Heleno de Freitas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Santa Lucia de Merlo's M. Agus Young got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Norberto Tino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Heleno de Freitas in the 14th minute of the match. Norberto Tino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Djalma Di Filippo, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Pascal Som hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Norberto Tino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernesto Fontes, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 26th minute Edson Futebol Clube were awarded a corner. Tao Xing Yong went to the cornerflag to take it. Panos Karkantos made a great header on Edson Futebol Clube's corner, it was just that Santa Lucia de Merlo's Norberto Tino managed to reach the ball for a save. Edson Futebol Clube's Paul Christini proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Edson Futebol Clube from getting a goal against them. Santa Lucia de Merlo's Norberto Tino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Panos Karkantos in the 31st minute of play. In the 31st minute, Tuncay Şanlı had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. After 31 minutes, M. Agus Young mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Santa Lucia de Merlo and the Edson Futebol Clube players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 32nd minute, M. Agus Young hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 36 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Edson Futebol Clube! Paul Christini made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when M. Agus Young sent off a good shot on target. 46 minutes into the match, Santa Lucia de Merlo's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Fontes came free, but Norberto Tino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Santa Lucia de Merlo's goal looked a bit too open when Panos Karkantos came free, but Norberto Tino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The audience was convinced that M. Agus Young's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paul Christini was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by M. Agus Young in the 57th minute of play forced Edson Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Paul Christini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the match, Santa Lucia de Merlo's goalkeeper Norberto Tino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ernesto Fontes. Santa Lucia de Merlo's Polo Quinteros was substituted for M. Agus Young. An unexpectedly hard shot by Polo Quinteros in the 63rd minute of play forced Edson Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Paul Christini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Polo Quinteros in the 63rd minute of play forced Edson Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Paul Christini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paul Christini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Polo Quinteros in the 66th minute of play. After 68 minutes Edson Futebol Clube's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Levan Poggenborg who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Santa Lucia de Merlo's corner Levan Poggenborg fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Paul Christini quite easily take care of the ball. Polo Quinteros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Paul Christini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Polo Quinteros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 74 minutes into the match, Santa Lucia de Merlo's goalkeeper Norberto Tino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ernesto Fontes. Paul Christini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Polo Quinteros in the 76th minute of the match. Panos Karkantos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Norberto Tino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paul Christini didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Polo Quinteros went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Santa Lucia de Merlo's goalkeeper Norberto Tino, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Santa Lucia de Merlo were awarded a corner in the 91th minute after Edson Futebol Clube's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Levan Poggenborg took the corner. Edson Futebol Clube's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Santa Lucia de Merlo had won, even though Edson Futebol Clube had held more of the ball.