World League

NEM CT Stadium
Spectators: 7720 (Terracing: 5791, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Luckas Baert started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Jeremy Nicholas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pastor Rexino in the 7th minute of play. After some careless play in the New England Minas defense, Pastor Rexino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jeremy Nicholas. The New England Minas fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jeremy Nicholas should have stopped the shot. In the 13th minute StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18 were awarded a corner. Delmiro Valente went to the cornerflag to take it. Delmiro Valente made a great header on StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18's corner, it was just that New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas managed to reach the ball for a save. Edgardo Silva might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over András Tóth. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edgardo Silva ran back to his position shaking his head. When Xiao Bang Kun came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the New England Minas fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Xiao Bang Kun couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julian Chaime in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jeremy Nicholas saved New England Minas from getting behind. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by New England Minas's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Delmiro Valente was slow to take the kick. During this time StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18's players had a chance to rest. The throw-in from Volkan Türksan in the 22nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by New England Minas's António Nóbrega. When New England Minas's Edgardo Silva in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18's goalie prevented a goal. 25 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Delmiro Valente came free, but Jeremy Nicholas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Delmiro Valente in the 25th minute of the match. Jeremy Nicholas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Chaime in the 28th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Chaime came free, but Jeremy Nicholas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luckas Baert in the 33rd minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Jeremy Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pastor Rexino struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Jeremy Nicholas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18. Jeremy Nicholas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arturo Christobal, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Volkan Türksan in the 47th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by New England Minas's António Nóbrega. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edgardo Silva to strike the kick off in the second half. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luckas Baert in the 51st minute of the match. In the 53rd match minute, StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salvador Gil to maneuver through the defense. In the 54th minute Tio Lio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but András Tóth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18 booed when New England Minas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oscar Nordmark didn't get a good kick on the ball. New England Minas made a substitution. Tony Pacheco replaced Tio Lio. The supporters of StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18 booed when New England Minas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oscar Nordmark didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jeremy Nicholas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pastor Rexino in the 59th minute of play. András Tóth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Pacheco, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. 63 minutes into the match, StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Pacheco came free, but András Tóth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18's András Tóth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgardo Silva in the 66th minute of play. A hard shot 67 in the game by Luckas Baert from a close distance when the talented Jeremy Nicholas managed to make a qualified save. New England Minas's players were relieved. In the 71st minute, Roman Major hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18 made a substitution. Generoso Egun replaced Benedicto Cefero. In the 74th match minute, New England Minas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tony Pacheco to maneuver through the defense. Tony Pacheco 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. New England Minas made a substitution. Arturo Sito replaced Edgardo Silva. If Julian Chaime had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas got control of the ball when Luckas Baert tried to sneak it across the goal line. Roman Major hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute Julian Chaime shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremy Nicholas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18 players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.