World League

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Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rogério Vidal started the match with the kick off. 6 minutes into the match, Chihuahua StrikerS™'s goal looked a bit too open when Epifanio Bertran came free, but Emilian Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erubiel Manni stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rogério Vidal's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. Erubiel Manni didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Chihuahua StrikerS™'s Rogério Vidal shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 14th minute Rogério Vidal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erubiel Manni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th minute Chihuahua StrikerS™ were awarded a corner. Rogério Vidal went to the cornerflag to take it. Avery Novak made a great header on Chihuahua StrikerS™'s corner, it was just that Chacarita Jrs's Erubiel Manni managed to reach the ball for a save. After a rather tough play, Chihuahua StrikerS™'s Rogério Vidal got a free kick in the 22nd minute. After 24 minutes of play, Chacarita Jrs's Izydor Wodaszak made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emilian Martinez was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogério Vidal in the 27th minute of play forced Chacarita Jrs's goalkeeper Erubiel Manni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29thth minute of the game Avery Novak who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chacarita Jrs's Erubiel Manni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Chacarita Jrs booed when Chihuahua StrikerS™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aldaír Perdigão didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 34thth minute of the game Rogério Vidal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chacarita Jrs's Erubiel Manni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After taking down the ball on Chihuahua StrikerS™'s corner Rogério Vidal fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Erubiel Manni quite easily take care of the ball. The audience was convinced that Rogério Vidal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erubiel Manni was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Erubiel Manni stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rogério Vidal's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. Hipolito Argider kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Erlingur Haaland fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erubiel Manni having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rogério Vidal in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Erubiel Manni saved Chacarita Jrs from getting behind. Izydor Wodaszak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Emilian Martinez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 47th minute, Avery Novak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half Chihuahua StrikerS™ were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Epifanio Bertran made the kick off in the second half. Erubiel Manni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rogério Vidal went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. In the 57th minute, Chacarita Jrs's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Rogério Vidal fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 59th minute, Rosendo Oinatz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chihuahua StrikerS™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. The audience was convinced that Rogério Vidal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erubiel Manni was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Chihuahua StrikerS™'s Cai Xiang Bin was substituted for Rogério Vidal. Chihuahua StrikerS™ made a substitution. Cláudio Lisboa replaced Erlingur Haaland. Erubiel Manni stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cai Xiang Bin's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chihuahua StrikerS™'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hu Yang was slow to take the kick. During this time Chacarita Jrs's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Hu Yang almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Chihuahua StrikerS™'s Emilian Martinez did a great save. Emilian Martinez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Izydor Wodaszak in the 76th minute of play. Cláudio Lisboa hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Epifanio Bertran in the 78th minute of play forced Chihuahua StrikerS™'s goalkeeper Emilian Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emilian Martinez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Epifanio Bertran went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. With an all-out effort, Chihuahua StrikerS™'s Erubiel Manni threw himself towards the right post 80 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Cai Xiang Bin, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 84th minute Cai Xiang Bin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erubiel Manni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erubiel Manni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cai Xiang Bin, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. The Chihuahua StrikerS™ fans' excitement grew in the 88th match minute when Chihuahua StrikerS™'s Cai Xiang Bin looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 93 minutes into the match, Cai Xiang Bin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Erubiel Manni. Chacarita Jrs's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cai Xiang Bin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-6.