World League

Elvia Vasquez
Spectators: 7728 (Terracing: 5797, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nicu Alexandrescu took the kick off in the first half of the match. RamPa Football Club's Zoilo Hoz managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Yan Moreno in the 3 minute of the game. If Nicu Alexandrescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Benedito Trigo made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Nicu Alexandrescu sent off a good shot on target. 7 minutes into the game, Nicu Alexandrescu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Benedito Trigo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 14th minute, Nicu Alexandrescu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benedito Trigo. The goal made the score 2-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Serafim Barros in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Paul Ramon prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sagarana Clube's Benedito Trigo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Sagarana Clube from getting a goal against them. In the 39thth minute of the game Marco Torres who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RamPa Football Club's Paul Ramon was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 41st minute, Nicu Alexandrescu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benedito Trigo. The goal made the score 3-0. When Nicu Alexandrescu came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the RamPa Football Club 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 Nicu Alexandrescu couldn't finish the play. In the 47th minute, Nicu Alexandrescu 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. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marco Torres made a kick off. If Nicu Alexandrescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicu Alexandrescu in the 55th minute of play forced Sagarana Clube's goalkeeper Benedito Trigo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute Nicu Alexandrescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benedito Trigo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benedito Trigo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicu Alexandrescu in the 74th minute of play. After some careless play in the Sagarana Clube defense, Nicu Alexandrescu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benedito Trigo. The Sagarana Clube fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benedito Trigo should have stopped the shot. Sagarana Clube made a substitution. Yu Yang Sang replaced Serafim Barros. Sagarana Clube made a substitution. Zé Roberto da Costa replaced Armandinho Toscano. RamPa Football Club's Falcão Ramon managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Leonardo Pernambucano in the 84 minute of the game. In the 85th minute, Claude Pradias made a precise shot to the right of Benedito Trigo. Sagarana Clube's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. Claude Pradias might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benedito Trigo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Claude Pradias ran back to his position shaking his head. Benedito Trigo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claude Pradias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benedito Trigo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claude Pradias in the 89th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claude Pradias in the 95th minute of play forced Sagarana Clube's goalkeeper Benedito Trigo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Claude Pradias took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Benedito Trigo. Benedito Trigo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. RamPa Football Club's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.