League

Estadio Collagasta
Spectators: 7250 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1400, VIP seats: 100) Cuervos Attack's Patricio Silvanito 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. After 4th play minutes Evaristo Romero shot 1-0, a short shot which went by Wincenty Kaszubowski and just under the crossbar into goal. Frans Laermans was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 7th minute. Cuervos Attack's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cuervos Attack's goalkeeper Steve Buttigieg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Juventus were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after Cuervos Attack's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gustavo Ortle took the corner. The corner ended in Gustavo Ortle almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Cuervos Attack's Steve Buttigieg did a great save. In the 29th match minute, Juventus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulino Erruki to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Juventus's zone, Evaristo Romero stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wincenty Kaszubowski came out of the goal and Evaristo Romero tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 31 minutes, Patricio Silvanito managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cuervos Attack's supporters crossed their fingers, but Patricio Silvanito was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Damaso Cordeiro charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Damaso Cordeiro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 32nd minute, Damaso Cordeiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Juventus's Wincenty Kaszubowski got control of the ball when Patricio Silvanito tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 44 minutes, Abelardo Sedeni mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cuervos Attack and the Juventus players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 44th match minute, Cuervos Attack was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abelardo Sedeni to maneuver through the defense. Qu Hui Fan charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Qu Hui Fan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 45th minute, one of Cuervos Attack:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Cuervos Attack.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Silverio Leobardo to make the kick off. Humberto Ralondo came free with the goalkeeper in the 51st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Steve Buttigieg could save by the left post. In the 52nd match minute, Cuervos Attack was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Denis Victoro to maneuver through the defense. Frans Laermans sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vinicio Ikatz during the 57th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 73 minutes Cuervos Attack's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gustavo Ortle who took care of the corner kick. Damaso Cordeiro tried in the 74th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Steve Buttigieg a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-1. Steve Buttigieg was a little too slow when Silverio Leobardo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 1-2. Wincenty Kaszubowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frans Laermans in the 85th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the game, Silverio Leobardo lined in a short shot 1-3 behind a frustrated Steve Buttigieg. Frans Laermans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wincenty Kaszubowski having to interfere. After 93 played minutes Cuervos Attack got a freekick which was hit by Evaristo Romero. The supporters of Juventus booed when Cuervos Attack was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evaristo Romero didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Juventus eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.