What a game! was the repetitive phrase after watching the Naples Futsal Premier A last Sunday.

Atletico Peru played Ecuador for the third time in the Naples Futsal Premier A Final. The game generated comments the whole week by their fans and followers since the Ecuadorians had the advantage of winning the previous games according to records where Ecuador won 2 of this games after beating Peru Lions and Atletico Peru only had 1 win against the Ecuadorians in one of the Finals. 

Remember that Ecuador flipped the game over last finals when Atletico Peru was winning for 6 to 0 where Ecuador ended up winning and getting the championship.

This Final started with a great enviroment from beginning to end with a high level of professionalism by the organizers of this league. They started a nice parade where all the teams walked out with their corresponded country flag presenting the US flag at the beginning and then the Ecuadorian and Peruvian flag. Then follow by the National Anthem of the United States of America , Ecuador and Peruvian. 

Atletico Peru surprised Ecuador where the majority of the game were on top by 4 goals and this will make everyone think that the Peruvians will stay with the championship.

The Ecuadorians leaded by their captain Christian Paz tried to end the game as soon as possible getting away from the Peruvians with a score of 4 goals ahead most of the time. Atletico Peru players started getting frustrated in the game since their plays will not end in the goal. Erick Nunez got a red card on the game by fouling Christian Paz and this affected his team a lot since they did not have a goalie anymore. Tarazona went in the goal to keep he team up and supported. Then another red card came when Gonzalo Torres (Atletico Peru) and Juan Velasquez (Ecuador) started pushing each other generating the game to stop until both players were out.  The Peruvians were destroyed by loosing their goalie and one of their best defenders. The game was almost over since there was only 4 minutes left and a lot of Peruvian Fans were feeling already, but the Brazilians Mayrink and others tied the game showing that they are not an easy team to beat. They were 15-15 in the score where both teams couldnt give much more since they were tired. Ecuador took advantage of this and got another championship for their records. They now have 3 Naples Futsal Championships. Congratulations Ecuador!

Peruvians looking for their second Championship

The Peruvian team added 3 important points against Ecuador this past Sunday and they are getting away from the second place by 6 points. Atletico Peru is currently undefeated in the season followed by Ecuador who has 3 wins and 3 lost games.

Edgardo Alvarez scored the first goal for Ecuador (minute 3:50). The game was back and forth until Atletico Peru scored on the 5th minute of the game by an elegant free kick from Piort Lewandowski.

The whole game was even and the good passes from each team made the difference to score some nice goals and increase the score. 

The final score was 9-7 by Atletico peru who is performing at a top level this season. Scored for the Peruvian team: Jorge Maldonado 4, Piotr 4, Alessandro Da Silva 1. Ecuador scored by: Juan Velasquez 3, Edgardo Alvarez 2, Noel Perez, and the captain Christian paz 1 goal each.

Maldonado became Atlético Peru's striker

Juan "Juancho" Tarazona Coach and Manager of Atletico Peru has been having trouble to have the complete team this season as three of his players moved to Ecuador which left the Peruvians as they say with a broken wing.

Injuries to some players before the start of the season is another factor that has been affecting Atletico Peru. This was the first game of the season and they showed up with 3 players on the court and Juancho registered as a coach and player who acted as goalie to save his team from losing the game in walk-over.

With only two of the previous players: Torres, Tarazona and adding new additions Piotr Lewandowski (ex-Peru Lions) and Jorge Maldonado (ex-El Cartel) who signed for the whole season. Experienced Atletico Peru surprised Vipers who also lost some players such as Ernesto Aldana who travel to Mexico to try out in a professional team.

Being the first official match for Atletico Peru , they played very well with these new faces in the team. Maldonado became the scorer leader of the match by scoring 7 goals out of 11 for his team Atletico Peru.

The final score was favorable to Atletico Peru 11 to 5.

Last Sunday Naples Futsal experienced one of the best finals in their history. Naples lived the end of the fifth edition of the most popular tournament in Southwest Florida. With a crowd of people gathered to see the two finals of the Futsal Premier B as the first game and the Premier A to close the night.
Ecuador started the game with lack of concentration in the first minutes when Atletico Peru played to win from the first minutes of the game, the game was not even five minutes old and Atletico was already ahead with three goals. The Ecuadorian fans were muted because Atletico became a scoring machine and even the best goal of the game was by a half-bicycle kick from Gonzalo Torres "What a goal!."

Six to zero was the scoreboard showing and thats when many fans thought it was an end secured by the Peruvian team. But as the saying goes "A game is not over until the final whistle."
The captain of Ecuador did not know what to do to score in several ways but the goal seemed closed. He asked for his sub so he could clear his mind and cool off from a tough game.

Juan Velasquez reappeared to save the Ecuadorian Team and came up with six goals and put his team back into the battle, when everything seemed that the game would be red and white.
Velasquez put the confidence that characterizes him and got almost every ball that led to their feet during the last 15 minutes of play and so Ecuador could again be crowned champions of Naples Futsal.

The final score was Ecuador 10 to 9 Atletico Peru. Goals from Ecuador Juan Velasquez (8 goals), Edgar Alvarez (2), Joshua Barrientos (1) and Christian Paz (1) discounted for Atlético Peru Gonzalo Torres (3 goals), Manuel Encalada (3), Edmond Kushi (2) and David Butzke (1 goal).

Naples Futsal Fall 2011. Premier A Final Positions

Naples Futsal gave out the list of players who have the most potential in their clubs for their talent to dominate the ball, strong shots on goal and control.

Here we present the 5 best players of 2011 in Naples Futsal

1 - Christian Paz: Christian has been selected as the most valuable player (MVP) in the league because of his way to play on and off the court. Score Leader of the season which is about to end. Christian was recruited to play for the US Futsal National Team and also for the Ecuador  Futsal National Team.

2 - Gonzalo Torres: We have selected him as the best defense in the league for his great vision of the game and his way to play at high speed and strong shots on goal from short and long distance. Atletico Peru player who was recruited to reinforce the Ecuadorian National Team in the International Futsal Tournament.

3 - Freddy Castillo: Peruvian who played for Peru Lions (club of the A Division and is now descending to the B Division for this season). Stands out for his strong shots on goal. Freddy lowered his Futsal level due to an injury that did not healed up 100% percent.

4 - Carlos Barraza: Argentinian who played for Peru Lions. Carlos stood out for his ability to handle the ball in small space.The best in ball control, had to improve on his collective game to play as a team. Carlos is now in Mexico waiting for an offer from a Paraguayan club.

5 - Jorge Moreno: Bolivian that stands out in the U20 and in the the Premier B for club team Guabira in the spring season 2011, becoming the score leader in both divisions. His goals took Guabira to the Naples Premier B finals.