World League

La Estancia
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Guaberto Cucao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesinha Martins in the 9th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Mainumby defense, Nikolay Zanin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Guaberto Cucao. The Mainumby fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Guaberto Cucao should have stopped the shot. Guaberto Cucao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikolay Zanin, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Mainumby's goal looked a bit too open when Nikolay Zanin came free, but Guaberto Cucao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Dimitris Perdikakis managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when Mainumby's Nunez Gizon fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Nunez Gizon's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 20thth minute, Dimitris Perdikakis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mainumby's goalkeeper Guaberto Cucao, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Luis Gelacio's late challenge caught a Alvinegro de Tupã's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luis Gelacio helped the player get up and apologised. Luis Gelacio hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Guaberto Cucao took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikolay Zanin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 35 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Alvinegro de Tupã! Alvinegro de Tupã:s Dimitris Perdikakis showed great skill when he stopped Jonatan Heriberto:s penalty. Guaberto Cucao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cesinha Martins, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 40th minute Cesinha Martins shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guaberto Cucao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guaberto Cucao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolay Zanin in the 41st minute of the match. In the 42nd match minute, Mainumby was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nunez Gizon to maneuver through the defense. 45 minutes into the game, Nikolay Zanin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Guaberto Cucao was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Mainumby made a substitution. David Isusko replaced Jonatan Heriberto. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cesinha Martins made a kick off. Mateus Negri could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Guaberto Cucao made a huge save. Dionisio Acevedo charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dionisio Acevedo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 62nd minute, Dionisio Acevedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 64 minutes, Nikolay Zanin made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Mainumby's Guaberto Cucao tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 66th minute Nikolay Zanin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guaberto Cucao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guaberto Cucao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikolay Zanin in the 71st minute of play. Cesinha Martinss short, quick shot in the 73rdth minute got Guaberto Cucao to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Mainumby's Guaberto Cucao played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mateus Negri in the 74th minute of play. Cesinha Martins's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Guaberto Cucao firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 81st minute of the match Mainumby got a corner. Alvinegro de Tupã's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Amancio Intxixu ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cesinha Martins did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-5 to the left of a surprised Guaberto Cucao 83 minutes into the match. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mainumby's goalkeeper Guaberto Cucao, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Guaberto Cucao was a little too slow when Cesinha Martins got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 85th minute. The score was now 0-6. Guaberto Cucao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikolay Zanin in the 88th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Cesinha Martins put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Guaberto Cucao. Mateus Negri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guaberto Cucao having to interfere. 94 minutes into the match, Mainumby's goalkeeper Guaberto Cucao had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cesinha Martins. After a rather tough play, Mainumby's Nunez Gizon got a free kick in the 95th minute. Cesinha Martins struck a weak shot in the 96th minute. Guaberto Cucao didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Alvinegro de Tupã. Alvinegro de Tupã's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.