World League

Pablo Comelli
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 120) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Carlos Fernando Corrêa kicked off to start the match. The corner led Talleres de Escalada's Marcos Acuña to fire away a dangerous shot which Zé Roberto Chaves despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Zé Roberto Chaves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xepe Godan in the 15th minute of the match. Ezequiel Monico received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zé Roberto Chaves came out and tried to block the shot, but Ezequiel Monico slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 17th minute. Zé Roberto Chaves came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Talleres de Escalada's Xepe Godan. But to his dismay, Xepe Godan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Delfim Melo during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Delfim Melo hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, União Agrícola Barbarense's Doriva Macedo got a free kick in the 24th minute. If Marcos Acuña had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Claudinei Leal lost his temper 26 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 26th minute of the game. One of União Agrícola Barbarense:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Talleres de Escalada:s goal. Zé Roberto Chaves had in the 28thth minute some difficulties stopping Xepe Godan's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Xepe Godan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zé Roberto Chaves. União Agrícola Barbarense's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xepe Godan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. The corner ended in Vladimir Valadares almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Talleres de Escalada's Serafin Bernal did a great save. A collision led to Talleres de Escalada getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Natalio Gagriel hit a great ball. 39 minutes into the match, União Agrícola Barbarense's goal looked a bit too open when Natalio Gagriel came free, but Zé Roberto Chaves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xepe Godan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With an all-out effort, Talleres de Escalada's Zé Roberto Chaves threw himself towards the right post 42 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ezequiel Monico, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Zé Roberto Chaves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Natalio Gagriel, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Carlos Fernando Corrêa hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. When Xepe Godan came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Talleres de Escalada 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 Xepe Godan couldn't finish the play. Zé Roberto Chaves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fang Lang Mo went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the União Agrícola Barbarense defense, Ezequiel Monico kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zé Roberto Chaves. The União Agrícola Barbarense fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zé Roberto Chaves should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ezequiel Monico in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zé Roberto Chaves saved União Agrícola Barbarense from getting behind. Zé Roberto Chaves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Natalio Gagriel went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. Zé Roberto Chaves came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Talleres de Escalada's Fang Lang Mo. But to his dismay, Fang Lang Mo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-0. In the 87th minute Natalio Gagriel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Roberto Chaves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Talleres de Escalada's Natalio Gagriel got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 94 minutes into the game, Natalio Gagriel cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 11-0. Zé Roberto Chaves was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.