World League

Los Matadores SXXI
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Basílio do Valle got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, SE Palmeiras's goal looked a bit too open when Alfredo Quirce came free, but Nilson Dracena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gavino Guifre received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Nilson Dracena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cuervos Galácticos's Alfredo Quirce was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 14th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Alfredo Quirce's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 17thth minute, Nilson Dracena skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Nilson Dracena made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Alfredo Quirce sent off a good shot on target. Alfredo Quirce might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nilson Dracena. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alfredo Quirce ran back to his position shaking his head. With his leg Nilson Dracena managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when Cuervos Galácticos's Alfredo Quirce fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Alfredo Quirce sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 41st match minute, SE Palmeiras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jano do Vale to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Gavino Guifre took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Nilson Dracena to make any attempt to save it. Alfredo Quirce received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Nilson Dracena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alfredo Quirce to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the game, Cuervos Galácticos's Alfredo Quirce nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nilson Dracena made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. 57 minutes into the game, Alfredo Quirce cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Nilson Dracena was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 62ndth minute of the game Alfredo Quirce who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SE Palmeiras's Nilson Dracena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alfredo Quirce in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nilson Dracena saved SE Palmeiras from getting behind. Cuervos Galácticos's Felix Ixona was substituted for Joaquin Ranolfo. Cuervos Galácticos's Genaro Donzel was substituted for Gavino Guifre. 68 minutes into the game, Mateus Pitta threw the ball into play from the sideline. Cuervos Galácticos's Alonso Correa quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Alfredo Quirce received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Nilson Dracena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 71st minute Genaro Donzel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilson Dracena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, SE Palmeiras's Perivaldo Salles got a free kick in the 71st minute. The audience was convinced that Alfredo Quirce's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nilson Dracena was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Perivaldo Salles charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Perivaldo Salles the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Perivaldo Salles kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Nilson Dracena came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Cuervos Galácticos's Alfredo Quirce. But to his dismay, Alfredo Quirce quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Genaro Donzel scored 8-0 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nilson Dracena, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. SE Palmeiras's Nilson Dracena played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Genaro Donzel in the 91st minute of play. Alfredo Quirce sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cuervos Galácticos's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.