World League

Luis Emilio Casareto
Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5583, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) La Z del ZORRO's Florentino Ralondo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Siro Franco made in the 3rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Isidoro Inocente immediately put the ball in play. Modesto Aresti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giuseppe Esteves in the 4th minute of the match. In the 6th minute, Michel Marques made a precise shot to the right of Modesto Aresti. La Z del ZORRO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Modesto Aresti came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by SE Palmeiras's Sergey Gaev. But to his dismay, Sergey Gaev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 13 minutes into the match, Giuseppe Esteves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Modesto Aresti. La Z del ZORRO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Giuseppe Esteves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. 17 minutes into the match, Giuseppe Esteves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Modesto Aresti. La Z del ZORRO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Giuseppe Esteves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michel Marques in the 21st minute of play forced La Z del ZORRO's goalkeeper Modesto Aresti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Modesto Aresti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giuseppe Esteves in the 25th minute of the match. Alfredinho Reis hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute Michel Marques shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Modesto Aresti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Giuseppe Esteves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Modesto Aresti was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Giuseppe Esteves took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Modesto Aresti. Modesto Aresti dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. After some careless play in the La Z del ZORRO defense, Giuseppe Esteves kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Modesto Aresti. The La Z del ZORRO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Modesto Aresti should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, SE Palmeiras's Dito Donatello got a free kick in the 47th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

The wind increased when Giuseppe Esteves made the kick off in the second half. Giuseppe Esteves succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-8 in the 53rd playminute. Giuseppe Esteves had several of the La Z del ZORRO's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 57 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-9 score and a disappointed Modesto Aresti as he didn't even see the shot coming. With a little luck, La Z del ZORRO's Modesto Aresti got control of the ball when Giuseppe Esteves tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 65 minutes, Elivélton Valle mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SE Palmeiras and the La Z del ZORRO players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 66th minute, Elivélton Valle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Giuseppe Esteves's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Modesto Aresti firmly grabbed it by the left post. 76 minutes into the match, La Z del ZORRO's goalkeeper Modesto Aresti had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Michel Marques. After some careless play in the La Z del ZORRO defense, Giuseppe Esteves kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Modesto Aresti. The La Z del ZORRO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Modesto Aresti should have stopped the shot. Modesto Aresti made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Giuseppe Esteves sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michel Marques in the 86th minute of play forced La Z del ZORRO's goalkeeper Modesto Aresti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match was over SE Palmeiras could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than La Z del ZORRO throughout the match.