World League

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Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Charlie Boström made the kick off which started today's match. When FMArgentina's Moises Gombal in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye A.A. Francana's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of FMArgentina booed when A.A. Francana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Caetano Pique didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 8 played minutes, FMArgentina's Humberto Cisco shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Renan Melo 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 FMArgentina reached it. In the 10th minute Moises Gombal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renan Melo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 12 minutes A.A. Francana's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Humberto Cisco who took care of the corner kick. FMArgentina's Humberto Cisco was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Renan Melo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When A.A. Francana's Elliott Bergsten in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FMArgentina's goalie prevented a goal. A.A. Francana's Renan Melo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moises Gombal in the 15th minute of play. In the 16th minute Eloy Alvarez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renan Melo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, FMArgentina's goal looked a bit too open when Charlie Boström came free, but Ismael Bernad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A.A. Francana's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Francisco Secco in the 31st minute. After taking down the ball on A.A. Francana's corner Francisco Secco fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ismael Bernad quite easily take care of the ball. Ismael Bernad stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Charlie Boström's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. Charlie Boström who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 35thth minute tested the skills of Ismael Bernad when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind A.A. Francana's goalkeeper Renan Melo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 39th minute of the game, Paolo Herensuge landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. Luiz Paulo Hermes's late challenge caught a FMArgentina's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luiz Paulo Hermes helped the player get up and apologised. FMArgentina made a substitution. Zacarias Mano replaced Paolo Herensuge. A collision led to A.A. Francana getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Luiz Paulo Hermes hit a great ball. Humberto Cisco, 41 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. When Caetano Albuquerque fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored A.A. Francana's protests and gave Caetano Albuquerque a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of FMArgentina booed when A.A. Francana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Caetano Albuquerque didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Gombal in the 45th minute of play forced A.A. Francana's goalkeeper Renan Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes had been played when some careless play by A.A. Francana's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Humberto Cisco was slow to take the kick. During this time FMArgentina's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Humberto Cisco got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Renan Melo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 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.

In the 52nd minute Eloy Alvarez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renan Melo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When A.A. Francana's Charlie Boström in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FMArgentina's goalie prevented a goal. After 61 played minutes FMArgentina got a freekick which was hit by Cipriano Belarmo. Roman Koenig might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ismael Bernad. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roman Koenig ran back to his position shaking his head. After 68 minutes FMArgentina's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Francisco Secco who took care of the corner kick. A.A. Francana's Francisco Secco was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ismael Bernad in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Ismael Bernad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elliott Bergsten in the 69th minute of the match. Ismael Bernad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elliott Bergsten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elliott Bergsten in the 77th minute of play forced FMArgentina's goalkeeper Ismael Bernad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ismael Bernad didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elliott Bergsten went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Charlie Boström scored 2-0 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ismael Bernad, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Elliott Bergsten fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ismael Bernad having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charlie Boström in the 91st minute of play forced FMArgentina's goalkeeper Ismael Bernad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 93 played minutes A.A. Francana got a freekick which was hit by Charlie Boström. Eloy Alvarez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Renan Melo made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. A.A. Francana had won after a very even match.