World League

Gigante de Alberdi
Spectators: 8126 (Terracing: 6096, Seating: 1869, VIP seats: 161) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Carlos Saúl Menem took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rogério Ceni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Saúl Menem, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 12thth minute of the game Carlos Saúl Menem who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Rogério Ceni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carlos Saúl Menem in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rogério Ceni saved Belgrano LOS PIRATAS from getting behind. 16 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Carlos Lampe had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cumhur Günay. Rogério Ceni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Saúl Menem, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. 20 minutes into the match, Afonso da Cunha had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlos Lampe. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Afonso da Cunha was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. 23 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goal looked a bit too open when Afonso da Cunha came free, but Carlos Lampe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Carlos Lampe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afonso da Cunha in the 24th minute of play. Rogério Ceni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Saúl Menem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlos Lampe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afonso da Cunha in the 29th minute of the match. Carlos Saúl Menem might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rogério Ceni. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Carlos Saúl Menem ran back to his position shaking his head. 30 minutes into the match, Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Saúl Menem came free, but Rogério Ceni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Afonso da Cunha took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Carlos Lampe to make any attempt to save it. In the 47th minute, Afonso da Cunha 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. 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.

The wind increased when Afonso da Cunha made the kick off in the second half. Carlos Saúl Menem hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afonso da Cunha in the 53rd minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Carlos Lampe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute, Carlos Saúl Menem ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rogério Ceni was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Carlos Lampe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afonso da Cunha in the 61st minute of play. ..Villa Rugby Club.. made a substitution. Jonathan Norino replaced Cavad Lider. Fan Yang Hong got a throw-in 64 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Cumhur Günay. In the 66th minute, Jonathan Norino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Navin Dale was substituted for Guillermo Frank. After a rather tough play, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Jonathan Norino got a free kick in the 67th minute. Fernán Chiquillo lost his temper 68 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. ..Villa Rugby Club..:s Carlos Lampe showed great skill when he stopped Teodoro Hartz:s penalty. 70 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goal looked a bit too open when Teodoro Hartz came free, but Carlos Lampe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the ..Villa Rugby Club.. defense, Afonso da Cunha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carlos Lampe. The ..Villa Rugby Club.. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carlos Lampe should have stopped the shot. Carlos Lampe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Afonso da Cunha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS were awarded a corner in the 81th minute after ..Villa Rugby Club..'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Eulalio Jago took the corner. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Aldo Franco was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Carlos Lampe in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 85th minute, Afonso da Cunha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Belgrano LOS PIRATAS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Carlos Lampe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teodoro Hartz, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. A collision led to ..Villa Rugby Club.. getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. César Fonseca hit a great ball. After 91 played minutes Belgrano LOS PIRATAS got a freekick which was hit by Afonso da Cunha. César Fonseca scored 4-3 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rogério Ceni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Belgrano LOS PIRATAS fans cheered their team off the field, for while ..Villa Rugby Club.. had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.