World League

Estadio Bote
Spectators: 7576 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Silvano Arano got the match started through his kick off. 7 minutes into the match, MAGNIFICOS.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Silvano Arano came free, but Lara Guadalupi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hubert Lamowski hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. 13 minutes into the game, MAGNIFICOS.FC's Geert Wijgaert nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. David Matthew made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Hubert Lamowski made in the 17th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Boguslaw Karaszkiewicz immediately put the ball in play. 21 minutes into the match, Huarriors AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Geert Wijgaert came free, but David Matthew reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Geert Wijgaert put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of David Matthew. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Silvano Arano sped through MAGNIFICOS.FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lara Guadalupi. David Matthew made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geert Wijgaert in the 32nd minute of play. David Matthew showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geert Wijgaert, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 40th minute of the match Shivaraja Budaj shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but David Matthew showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Silvano Arano got free with Lara Guadalupi in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alejandro Martinez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lara Guadalupi having to interfere. The supporters of Huarriors AFC booed when MAGNIFICOS.FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Davi Vaz didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

MAGNIFICOS.FC's Cristoforo Balestra was substituted for Leonardo Paz. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Geert Wijgaert stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, Hubert Lamowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moreno Torricelli in the 60th minute of play forced MAGNIFICOS.FC's goalkeeper Lara Guadalupi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lara Guadalupi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moreno Torricelli in the 62nd minute of the match. David Matthew was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Geert Wijgaert showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-3 in the 64 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moreno Torricelli in the 69th minute of play forced MAGNIFICOS.FC's goalkeeper Lara Guadalupi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69thth minute of the game Alejandro Martinez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MAGNIFICOS.FC's Lara Guadalupi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Frederico Hermes's late challenge caught a Huarriors AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Frederico Hermes helped the player get up and apologised. Frederico Hermes hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Lara Guadalupi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alejandro Martinez, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Stefan Strobos made in the 80th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Moreno Torricelli immediately put the ball in play. Huarriors AFC's David Matthew played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geert Wijgaert in the 84th minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, Huarriors AFC's goalkeeper David Matthew had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Valério Ortiz. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Silvano Arano during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 96th match minute, Huarriors AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silvano Arano to maneuver through the defense. In the 98th minute, Benigno Nazario hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 2-4 became the score in the 99th minute when Valério Ortiz elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. MAGNIFICOS.FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.