World League

Campus Saucache
Spectators: 7845 (Terracing: 5885, Seating: 1804, VIP seats: 156) Pierrot Leenpoels's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ariel Balboa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Orfilio Orbañanos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Urbano Saturnin. Sao Brasola's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Orfilio Orbañanos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. 15 minutes into the match, U. de Tarapacá's Orfilio Orbañanos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Urbano Saturnin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orfilio Orbañanos in the 17th minute of play forced Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Urbano Saturnin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th match minute, U. de Tarapacá was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zheng Ning Peng to maneuver through the defense. After 28 minutes of play, Sao Brasola's Pierrot Leenpoels made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ariel Balboa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ariel Balboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elia Di Vincenzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Sao Brasola's Emiliano De Leonardis was substituted for Emilio Paglione. The wind increased when Orfilio Orbañanos made the kick off in the second half. Urbano Saturnin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orfilio Orbañanos in the 55th minute of play. If Muharrem Duman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. U. de Tarapacá's Domingo Barcena was substituted for Orfilio Orbañanos. Xaime Morales made in the 66th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Sao Brasola's Camillo Galeone. Ariel Balboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierrot Leenpoels, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Pierrot Leenpoels blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ariel Balboa having to make a save. U. de Tarapacá's Ariel Balboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pierrot Leenpoels in the 71st minute of play. Urbano Saturnin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Domingo Barcena's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. Ariel Balboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carter Di Fazio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 86 played minutes Sao Brasola got a freekick which was hit by Emiliano De Leonardis. 89 minutes into the match, U. de Tarapacá's goalkeeper Ariel Balboa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carter Di Fazio. After 91 minutes U. de Tarapacá's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Emiliano De Leonardis who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Sao Brasola's corner Deng Jian Bing fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ariel Balboa quite easily take care of the ball. 96 minutes into the match, Domingo Barcena notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Sao Brasola's Urbano Saturnin. Urbano Saturnin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. For all the effort they put into the match, the Sao Brasola players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for U. de Tarapacá.