World League

Arena Maverick
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Carmelo Tiniebra started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After having played for 6 minutes, Carmelo Tiniebra managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Santa Fe's supporters crossed their fingers, but Carmelo Tiniebra was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Serafino Pancho made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Sherlock Holmes sent off a good shot on target. Santa Fe's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Steve Rogers in the 18th minute. Edinho Paraíba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Fernando Pratto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Maverick Futebol Clube's zone, Rafael Ramos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Edinho Paraíba came out of the goal and Rafael Ramos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Santa Fe's Carmelo Tiniebra in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Maverick Futebol Clube's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carmelo Tiniebra in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Edinho Paraíba prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmelo Tiniebra in the 33rd minute of play forced Maverick Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Edinho Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Carmelo Tiniebra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 35 played minutes Maverick Futebol Clube got a freekick which was hit by Fritz Salgado. After 35 played minutes, Santa Fe's Steve Rogers shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Edinho Paraíba came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Santa Fe reached it. Serafino Pancho was out of position in the 37 minute of play, and Reynaldo Neves capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Reynaldo Neves really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Tawfiq Ajram's late challenge caught a Santa Fe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tawfiq Ajram helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Maverick Futebol Clube's Tawfiq Ajram got a free kick in the 41st minute. The audience was convinced that Carmelo Tiniebra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edinho Paraíba was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Reynaldo Neves stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Carmelo Tiniebra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edinho Paraíba was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Edinho Paraíba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carmelo Tiniebra in the 58th minute of the match. In the 59th minute of the match Santa Fe got a corner. Maverick Futebol Clube's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Steve Rogers ran over to the corner to take the kick. Juan Fernando Pratto was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Carmelo Tiniebra in the 64thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Edinho Paraíba, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 66th minute Steve Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edinho Paraíba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute, Sherlock Holmes made a precise shot to the right of Serafino Pancho. Santa Fe's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. With a little luck, Maverick Futebol Clube's Edinho Paraíba got control of the ball when Carmelo Tiniebra tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 71stth minute of the game Carmelo Tiniebra who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Maverick Futebol Clube's Edinho Paraíba was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 73rd minute, Rafael Ramos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edinho Paraíba was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmelo Tiniebra in the 75th minute of play forced Maverick Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Edinho Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfredinho Massa kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. 86 minutes into the match, Maverick Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Edinho Paraíba had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carmelo Tiniebra. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Carmelo Tiniebra put it in 3-2 from a short distance just to the right of Edinho Paraíba. With his leg Edinho Paraíba managed to avoid a goal in the 90thth minute, when Santa Fe's Carmelo Tiniebra fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 蔡桑景 hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. Carmelo Tiniebra in the 98thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Edinho Paraíba, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Santa Fe's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Maverick Futebol Clube had won, even though Santa Fe had held more of the ball.