World League

Santiago Guatemala
Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Victor Piţurcă kicked off to start the match. Thanks to some nice moves Nicolás Guerrero could shoot a difficult shot in the 7th minute, which 彭树邦 however easily saved by the left post. Emerald's 彭树邦 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carmelo Sifon in the 8th minute of play. Alexander Torres got a throw-in 10 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Carmelo Sifon. After a rather tough play, Real Madrid de Guatemala's Alexander Torres got a free kick in the 12th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Victor Piţurcă notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Real Madrid de Guatemala's Sílvio Luiz Goiano. Sílvio Luiz Goiano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ferdinand Condrea took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sílvio Luiz Goiano. Sílvio Luiz Goiano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Nicolás Guerrero took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 彭树邦. 彭树邦 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Sílvio Luiz Goiano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. The supporters of Emerald booed when Real Madrid de Guatemala was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carmelo Sifon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ioan Logofătu took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 31st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sílvio Luiz Goiano. Real Madrid de Guatemala's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Victor Piţurcă got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Sílvio Luiz Goiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 34th minute of the match. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Madrid de Guatemala's goalkeeper Sílvio Luiz Goiano, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 41 played minutes Real Madrid de Guatemala got a freekick which was hit by Leopoldo Noyola. Sílvio Luiz Goiano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victor Piţurcă went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score.

The wind increased when Carmelo Sifon made the kick off in the second half. Sílvio Luiz Goiano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 53rd minute of play. Sílvio Luiz Goiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 55th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Victor Piţurcă got free with Sílvio Luiz Goiano in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sílvio Luiz Goiano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Shawn Carrillo hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Sílvio Luiz Goiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferdinand Condrea in the 70th minute of the match. Victor Piţurcă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Emerald's Victor Piţurcă in the 73rd minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Sílvio Luiz Goiano was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Real Madrid de Guatemala through an amazing save. After 79 played minutes Emerald got a freekick which was hit by Ferdinand Condrea. Sílvio Luiz Goiano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Piţurcă, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Gabriel Vermeşan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Sílvio Luiz Goiano quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After having played for 91 minutes, Victor Piţurcă managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Emerald's supporters crossed their fingers, but Victor Piţurcă was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Emerald walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.