World League

El Monumental
Spectators: 7451 (Terracing: 5590, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hernán Crespo got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, El Millo de Haedo's Hernán Crespo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Durval Guerra. Durval Guerra yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. After some careless play in the El Millo de Haedo defense, Erik Antunes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernando Ruisko. The El Millo de Haedo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernando Ruisko should have stopped the shot. El Millo de Haedo's Fernando Ruisko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dito Ramos in the 18th minute of play. A collision led to Icoara Football Club getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Erik Antunes hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dito Ramos in the 27th minute of play forced El Millo de Haedo's goalkeeper Fernando Ruisko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 33 minutes into the match, Icoara Football Club's goalkeeper Durval Guerra had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hernán Crespo. In the 37th minute Hernán Crespo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Durval Guerra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th match minute, El Millo de Haedo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrián González to maneuver through the defense. Murilo Silveira hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. 46 minutes into the game, El Millo de Haedo's Hernán Crespo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Durval Guerra made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dito Ramos to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Icoara Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Remigio Uhin came free, but Durval Guerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adriano Camargo hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. When Hernán Crespo came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the El Millo de Haedo 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 Hernán Crespo couldn't finish the play. Durval Guerra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernán Crespo, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Durval Guerra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aurelio Aureo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 60 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Hernán Crespo sped through Icoara Football Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Durval Guerra. Durval Guerra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hernán Crespo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute, Remigio Uhin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Erik Antunes fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Icoara Football Club's protests and gave Erik Antunes a yellow card for diving instead. After 71 played minutes Icoara Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Erik Antunes. El Millo de Haedo's Fernando Ruisko proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save El Millo de Haedo from getting a goal against them. Fernando Ruisko was out of position in the 76 minute of play, and Cipriano Santana capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cipriano Santana really showed his touch with that goal: 3-2. After 85 played minutes Icoara Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Cipriano Santana. 89 minutes into the match, Icoara Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Hernán Crespo came free, but Durval Guerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Durval Guerra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hernán Crespo in the 94th minute of the match. Durval Guerra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernán Crespo, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. El Millo de Haedo's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.