World League

Dionisio Fernanco
Spectators: 7724 (Terracing: 5794, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) Jorge Hagi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Raimundo Coimbra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Primitivo Chaime in the 6th minute of the match. In the 7th minute Sportivo Ben Hur were awarded a corner. Primitivo Chaime went to the cornerflag to take it. After some careless play in the Sportivo Ben Hur defense, Eduardo Severiano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Montrell Harrell. The Sportivo Ben Hur fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Montrell Harrell should have stopped the shot. Raimundo Coimbra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Primitivo Chaime, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Ignat Pantov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Montrell Harrell was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Montrell Harrell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignat Pantov, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 28th minute Jorge Hagi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raimundo Coimbra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jorge Hagi in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Raimundo Coimbra saved Sport Lisboa e Benfica from getting behind. Raimundo Coimbra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teobald Korytkowski in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Jorge Hagi 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. Raimundo Coimbra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teobald Korytkowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Montrell Harrell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignat Pantov in the 38th minute of the match. Jorge Hagi came free with the goalkeeper in the 41st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Raimundo Coimbra could save by the left post. Jorge Hagi succeeded in the game's 47th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1.

The wind increased when Ignat Pantov made the kick off in the second half. Montrell Harrell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignat Pantov, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Sportivo Ben Hur were awarded a corner in the 58th minute after Sport Lisboa e Benfica's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Primitivo Chaime took the corner. In the 60thth minute of the game Primitivo Chaime who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Raimundo Coimbra was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaakob Rahkonen in the 61st minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Raimundo Coimbra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jorge Hagi in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Raimundo Coimbra prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Raimundo Coimbra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Délio Toledo in the 67th minute of play. After 70 minutes of play, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Eduardo Severiano made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Montrell Harrell was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sportivo Ben Hur's Emanuel Hielscher was substituted for Délio Toledo. Raimundo Coimbra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Primitivo Chaime, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. When Sportivo Ben Hur's Primitivo Chaime in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalie prevented a goal. Raimundo Coimbra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Hagi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eduardo Severiano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Montrell Harrell made a huge save. Igor Polek charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Igor Polek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Sport Lisboa e Benfica getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Igor Polek hit a great ball. Jorge Hagi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Raimundo Coimbra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were furious when Paulo Loureiro was red carded, 90 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Sport Lisboa e Benfica made a substitution. Nicolas Portugal replaced Ignat Pantov. 90 minutes into the game, one of Sport Lisboa e Benfica:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. With a little luck, Sportivo Ben Hur's Montrell Harrell got control of the ball when Ivo Palha tried to sneak it across the goal line. The Sportivo Ben Hur fans' excitement grew in the 99th match minute when Sportivo Ben Hur's Emanuel Hielscher looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.