World League

Arena Corinthians
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Cristiano Messi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of Corinthians booed when Soflov FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Feliks Nieruchliwy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Soflov FC's Percy Romero managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by González Speed in the 5 minute of the game. With his leg Patricio Salamon managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when Corinthians's Cristiano Messi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Cristiano Messi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Patricio Salamon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 11th minute, Cristiano Messi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Cristiano Messi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patricio Salamon was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Jaime Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Feliks Nieruchliwy, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Cristiano Messi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Patricio Salamon made a huge save. After 18 minutes of play, Corinthians's Cristiano Messi made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patricio Salamon was left in no man's land by his defense there! Leopoldo Palmeira hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. 26 minutes into the match, Corinthians's Cristiano Messi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Patricio Salamon narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Corinthians's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jiang Yi Chong in the 27th minute. 27 minutes into the game, one of Soflov FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Iván Urtzi shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. A collision led to Corinthians getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Fred Royal hit a great ball. Marcus Briceag didn't quite understand what happened when in the 36 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Cristiano Messi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristiano Messi got free with Patricio Salamon in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Corinthians's Leopoldo Palmeira managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Remigio Mikelats in the 46 minute of the game. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Feliks Nieruchliwy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Corinthians's Jaime Almeida got control of the ball when Feliks Nieruchliwy tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Feliks Nieruchliwy got free with Jaime Almeida in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Patricio Salamon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristiano Messi, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Corinthians's Leopoldo Palmeira managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Remigio Mikelats in the 65 minute of the game. Patricio Salamon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Messi in the 69th minute of the match. In the 73rd match minute, Soflov FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Feliks Nieruchliwy to maneuver through the defense. Soflov FC's attentive Remigio Mikelats managed to snatch the ball when Leopoldo Palmeira made a throw-in in the 76th minute of the game. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind Soflov FC's goalkeeper Patricio Salamon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cristiano Messi in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Patricio Salamon prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match clock showed 89 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Cristiano Messi sped through Soflov FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Patricio Salamon. Corinthians made a substitution. Rubinho de Lara replaced Ignacy Kinic. The supporters of Soflov FC booed when Corinthians was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kiril Biradzhiev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rubinho de Lara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Patricio Salamon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Corinthians's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.