World League

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Matthias Vall took the kick off in the first half of the match. Acratas Unidos's Carlitos Parodi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Acratas Unidos from getting a goal against them. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Acratas Unidos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Wilfred Noel was slow to take the kick. During this time El Canalla de Chicago's players had a chance to rest. Wilbur Hyde stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Margus Paukson's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. After 14 minutes, Margus Paukson made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. El Canalla de Chicago's Wilbur Hyde tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Domingo Lopez took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Carlitos Parodi to make any attempt to save it. Esteban Belo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilbur Hyde having to interfere. 30 minutes into the game, Enrique Theobald was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Acratas Unidos's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Canalla de Chicago the free kick. The supporters of El Canalla de Chicago booed when Acratas Unidos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enrique Theobald didn't get a good kick on the ball. With an all-out effort, El Canalla de Chicago's Carlitos Parodi threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joaquim Vilar, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 34th minute Matthias Vall shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilbur Hyde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute Joaquim Vilar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlitos Parodi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, El Canalla de Chicago's goal looked a bit too open when Matthias Vall came free, but Wilbur Hyde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 38th minute Margus Paukson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilbur Hyde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joaquim Vilar to make the kick off. Rigoberto Santikurtz kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. When Joaquim Vilar came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the El Canalla de Chicago 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 Joaquim Vilar couldn't finish the play. Carlitos Parodi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquim Vilar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlitos Parodi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claude Mueller in the 60th minute of play. Matthias Vall could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Wilbur Hyde made a huge save. A nice corner shot did that Enrique Theobald got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Wilbur Hyde quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Acratas Unidos's Carlitos Parodi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claude Mueller in the 65th minute of play. Margus Paukson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Wilbur Hyde firmly grabbed it by the left post. El Canalla de Chicago made a substitution. Justin Raines replaced Domingo Lopez. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Wilbur Hyde, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 79 minutes into the game, Justin Raines cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Carlitos Parodi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. El Canalla de Chicago's Wilbur Hyde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enrique Theobald in the 83rd minute of play. Esteban Belo hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Acratas Unidos's Erasmo Gregory was substituted for Enrique Theobald. In the 86th minute, Esteban Belo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice moves Margus Paukson could shoot a difficult shot in the 92nd minute, which Wilbur Hyde however easily saved by the left post. In the 92nd minute, Margus Paukson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Wilbur Hyde. The goal made the score 2-2. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.