World League

Minute Maid Park
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Desafio FC's Ciro Gonsalve started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Nereo George charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nereo George the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Desafio FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Nereo George hit a great ball. Elvio Luix made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valio Tammisto in the 4th minute of play. Valio Tammisto took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Elvio Luix. Elvio Luix dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Elvio Luix showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valio Tammisto in the 7th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Westenenk's Valio Tammisto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Elvio Luix. That made the score 2-0 after 7 minutes of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberth Gosmann got free with Elvio Luix in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Elvio Luix made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valio Tammisto in the 21st minute of play. Westenenk's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gervasio Lauaxeta in the 22nd minute. The corner ended in Gervasio Lauaxeta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Desafio FC's Elvio Luix did a great save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valio Tammisto got free with Elvio Luix in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberth Gosmann in the 27th minute of play forced Desafio FC's goalkeeper Elvio Luix to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elvio Luix stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valio Tammisto's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Valio Tammisto received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Elvio Luix came out and tried to block the shot, but Valio Tammisto slotted it home off the left post making it 5-0 in the 34th minute. Aktaç Tansan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 40 minutes into the game, Valio Tammisto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Elvio Luix was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 43rd minute, Alberth Gosmann ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Elvio Luix was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Elvio Luix made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Wieslaw Posadzki sent off a good shot on target. In the 46th minute, Cristo Peio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Desafio FC's Elvio Luix got control of the ball when Valio Tammisto tried to sneak it across the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 7-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valio Tammisto made a kick off. After 50 played minutes Desafio FC got a freekick which was hit by Elvio Damario. 52 minutes into the match, Desafio FC's goal looked a bit too open when Valio Tammisto came free, but Elvio Luix reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 53rd minute Valio Tammisto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elvio Luix saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valio Tammisto in the 55th minute of play forced Desafio FC's goalkeeper Elvio Luix to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elvio Luix showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valio Tammisto, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. 58 minutes into the match, Valio Tammisto notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Desafio FC's Elvio Luix. Elvio Luix was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 62 minutes, Wieslaw Posadzki managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Westenenk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wieslaw Posadzki was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 64 minutes into the game, Valio Tammisto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Elvio Luix was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Wieslaw Posadzki took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Elvio Luix. Elvio Luix dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 11-0. The referee felt a red card was in order, 73 minutes into the game, when Lázaro Chucho put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 73rd minute of the game. One of Desafio FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Westenenk:s goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Filip Hansma during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Westenenk getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Filip Hansma hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Desafio FC defense, Valio Tammisto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elvio Luix. The Desafio FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elvio Luix should have stopped the shot. Desafio FC's Elvio Luix played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valio Tammisto in the 90th minute of play. 96 minutes into the match, Desafio FC's goal looked a bit too open when Aktaç Tansan came free, but Elvio Luix reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee ended the match the Westenenk players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.