World League

Marcelo Gallardo
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 김 즙 took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute, Yofré AFC's Ernesto Poncio ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ion Chificeac. Ion Chificeac yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orlando Lizardi in the 8th minute of play forced Alex Team's goalkeeper Ion Chificeac to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 9 minutes into the game, Adam Abrudan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Alex Team's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Yofré AFC the free kick. Mateo Messi scored 2-0 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ion Chificeac, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ion Chificeac showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernesto Poncio in the 13th minute of the match. Mateo Messi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Ion Chificeac tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ernesto Poncio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ion Chificeac having to interfere. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Alex Team's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Primitivo Oihenarte was slow to take the kick. During this time Yofré AFC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Yofré AFC's corner Primitivo Oihenarte fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ion Chificeac quite easily take care of the ball. Ion Chificeac showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mateo Messi in the 35th minute of the match. 38 minutes into the match, Mateo Messi dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ion Chificeac, 3-0. Mateo Messi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ion Chificeac came out and tried to block the shot, but Mateo Messi slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 42nd minute. Hamílton de Lima charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hamílton de Lima the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Yofré AFC:s Venancio Cesario showed great skill when he stopped Cornel Bodiu:s penalty. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ernesto Poncio made a kick off. Ernesto Poncio's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ion Chificeac read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. 51 minutes into the match, Ernesto Poncio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ion Chificeac. Alex Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ernesto Poncio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Ion Chificeac showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Lizardi, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateo Messi in the 56th minute of play forced Alex Team's goalkeeper Ion Chificeac to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernesto Poncio struck a weak shot in the 59th minute. Ion Chificeac didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Yofré AFC. In the 61stth minute of the game Mateo Messi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alex Team's Ion Chificeac was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ion Chificeac made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orlando Lizardi in the 64th minute of play. Orlando Lizardi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Orlando Lizardi scored 6-0 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ion Chificeac, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Poncio in the 77th minute of play forced Alex Team's goalkeeper Ion Chificeac to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yofré AFC's Matias Preto was substituted for Ernesto Poncio. 88 minutes into the game, Matias Preto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Ion Chificeac was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ion Chificeac showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matias Preto, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. 91 minutes into the game, Yofré AFC's Matias Preto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ion Chificeac made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. There was no doubt that Yofré AFC were the better team. Yofré AFC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.