World League

Fabian C. Peruchena
Spectators: 7572 (Terracing: 5680, Seating: 1741, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Anibal Lluques started the match with the kick off. Chacarita Futsal's Miguel Ángel Santoro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Chacarita Futsal from getting a goal against them. In the 6thth minute of the game Anibal Lluques who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chacarita Futsal's Miguel Ángel Santoro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 9 minutes of play, Chacarita Futsal's Xesc Labarra made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alirio Ducoing was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 13th minute of the game. One of Chacarita Futsal:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Q. T. I.:s goal. Chacarita Futsal:s Miguel Ángel Santoro showed great skill when he stopped Justo Florian:s penalty. Anibal Lluques received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Miguel Ángel Santoro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Q. T. I.'s Alirio Ducoing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Genaro Min in the 18th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Q. T. I.'s Haroldo Montrel got a free kick in the 19th minute. Q. T. I.'s Alirio Ducoing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xesc Labarra in the 22nd minute of play. In the 28th minute, Julian Raymundo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Miguel Ángel Santoro was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. If Anibal Lluques had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anibal Lluques fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Miguel Ángel Santoro having to interfere. Q. T. I.'s Alirio Ducoing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esteve Paublo in the 42nd minute of play. After 43 minutes of play, Chacarita Futsal's Xesc Labarra made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alirio Ducoing was left in no man's land by his defense there! Miguel Ángel Santoro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anibal Lluques's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When Q. T. I.'s Anibal Lluques in the 51st minute got a chance for a shot 51st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Chacarita Futsal's goalie prevented a goal. After 52 minutes Chacarita Futsal's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Julian Raymundo who took care of the corner kick. Q. T. I.'s Julian Raymundo was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Miguel Ángel Santoro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 55 played minutes Q. T. I. got a freekick which was hit by Wilfredo Uxio. Xesc Labarra blasted a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alirio Ducoing having to make a save. Alirio Ducoing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xesc Labarra in the 57th minute of play. Genaro Min sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 66th minute, Esteve Paublo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chacarita Futsal fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Chacarita Futsal's goalkeeper Miguel Ángel Santoro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Anibal Lluques's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Miguel Ángel Santoro was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. 79 minutes into the match, Q. T. I.'s goalkeeper Alirio Ducoing had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Xesc Labarra. If Xesc Labarra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 81 minutes into the match, Q. T. I.'s goalkeeper Alirio Ducoing had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Xesc Labarra. In the 84th minute Anibal Lluques shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Ángel Santoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Chacarita Futsal's Xesc Labarra got a free kick in the 88th minute. In the 89th minute of the game Genaro Min made a throw-in which Cipriano Nicholas played forward. After 90 minutes, Eleuterio Nuno mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Q. T. I. and the Chacarita Futsal players grew even worse after the yellow card. Chacarita Futsal's Joaquin Cayo was substituted for Genaro Min. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Chacarita Futsal had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.