World League

Diego A. Maradona
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Martin Palermo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Raining Blood's André Olsman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Raining Blood from getting a goal against them. In the 11th minute, Wiliam Reis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 15th minute Umberto Vale shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dalmacio Ebardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Inocencio Ariando could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but André Olsman made a huge save. André Olsman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Inocencio Ariando in the 19th minute. When Lautaro Martinez came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Raining Blood fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lautaro Martinez couldn't finish the play. In the 22nd minute, Umberto Vale made a precise shot to the right of Dalmacio Ebardo. LTA FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Danilo Hitzeder in the 25th minute of play forced Raining Blood's goalkeeper André Olsman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the game, Martin Palermo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. André Olsman was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 29th match minute, LTA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulino Argider to maneuver through the defense. 30 minutes into the match, LTA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Martinez came free, but Dalmacio Ebardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Lautaro Martinez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dalmacio Ebardo was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. André Olsman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matías Giménez in the 35th minute of play. Dalmacio Ebardo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Pelliccioni in the 39th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in LTA FC's zone, Christian Pelliccioni stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dalmacio Ebardo came out of the goal and Christian Pelliccioni tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Carlos Alberto Torres scored 1-2 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dalmacio Ebardo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half Raining Blood were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Umberto Vale to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Raining Blood's Lautaro Martinez dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. LTA FC's Dalmacio Ebardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Umberto Vale in the 61st minute of play. Raining Blood made a substitution. Jesus Niguel replaced Christian Pelliccioni. Raining Blood's Rafinha Lago was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dalmacio Ebardo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. LTA FC's Dalmacio Ebardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Umberto Vale in the 76th minute of play. In the 78th minute Inocencio Ariando shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Olsman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Raining Blood getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Carlos Alberto Torres hit a great ball. LTA FC made a substitution. Barto Sánchez replaced Danilo Hitzeder. When Paulino Argider fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LTA FC's protests and gave Paulino Argider a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to LTA FC getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Paulino Argider hit a great ball. 84 minutes into the match, LTA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jesus Niguel came free, but Dalmacio Ebardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jesus Niguel in the 84th minute of play forced LTA FC's goalkeeper Dalmacio Ebardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dalmacio Ebardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jesus Niguel, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 86thth minute of the game Inocencio Ariando who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Raining Blood's André Olsman was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dalmacio Ebardo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carlos Alberto Torres in the 88th minute. Dalmacio Ebardo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jesus Niguel in the 89th minute. Lautaro Martinez came free with the goalkeeper in the 92nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Dalmacio Ebardo could save by the left post. The LTA FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Raining Blood were clearly better and deserved to take the win.