World League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Merlin Castro made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the Calesso FC defense, Merlin Castro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Douglas Cales. The Calesso FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Douglas Cales should have stopped the shot. In the 7th minute of the match, Tigran Kirakosyan tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Douglas Cales saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When Khachatryan's Merlin Castro in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Calesso FC's goalie prevented a goal. 11 minutes into the match, Calesso FC's Eliseu Barral sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tigran Balayan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Merlin Castro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Douglas Cales. That made the score 2-0 in the 13 minute of play. After some careless play in the Calesso FC defense, Sung McKinley kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Douglas Cales. The Calesso FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Douglas Cales should have stopped the shot. Through an outstanding action, after 25 minutes, Douglas Cales successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 5-0 became the score in the 27th minute when Merlin Castro elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Merlin Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Douglas Cales having to interfere. Douglas Cales showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merlin Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Douglas Cales took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Merlin Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Douglas Cales was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tigran Kirakosyan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 6-0 in the 36 minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Merlin Castro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Douglas Cales. That made the score 7-0 in the 39 minute of play. Merlin Castro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Douglas Cales came out and tried to block the shot, but Merlin Castro slotted it home off the left post making it 8-0 in the 43rd minute. In the 46th minute Tigran Kirakosyan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Douglas Cales saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Douglas Cales made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tigran Kirakosyan in the 48th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 8-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Khachatryan's Wawrzyniec Budrewicz was substituted for Petros Oganesyan. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rony Tande to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Merlin Castro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Khachatryan's supporters rose to their feet, but Merlin Castro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Douglas Cales breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Douglas Cales didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Merlin Castro went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. When the match clock showed 59 minutes, the score became 10-0 when Merlin Castro sped through Calesso FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Douglas Cales. Douglas Cales made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Merlin Castro in the 62nd minute of play. Patricio Fernandes hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Arno Martirosyan took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Douglas Cales. Douglas Cales dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 11-0. In the 69th minute, Sung McKinley left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Khachatryan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 12-0. Sung McKinley struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Douglas Cales didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Khachatryan. In the 75th minute, Arno Martirosyan 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rony Tande during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 80 minutes into the match, Merlin Castro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Douglas Cales. Calesso FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Merlin Castro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 14-0. After 83 minutes of play, Khachatryan's Albert Paulíny made it 15-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Douglas Cales was left in no man's land by his defense there! 87 minutes into the game, Khachatryan's Merlin Castro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Douglas Cales made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 16-0. After 90 minutes, Merlin Castro made it 17-0 with a short kick to the right side. Calesso FC's Douglas Cales tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 93rd minute, Sung McKinley left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Khachatryan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 18-0. The Khachatryan fans' excitement grew in the 96th match minute when Khachatryan's Merlin Castro 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 19-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the referee ended the match the Khachatryan players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.