World League

Estadio Medanitos
Spectators: 7961 (Terracing: 5972, Seating: 1831, VIP seats: 158) 2 minutes into the match, Jorge Luna had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lin Yan Hong. Les Tigres's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jorge Luna was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Les Tigres's Leonardo Tipi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Kiran Tomasini. That made the score 1-1 after 5 minutes of play. After 8 minutes of play, THE ROKERY PIMKIS's Ferris Stock made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lin Yan Hong was left in no man's land by his defense there! 17 minutes into the game, Leonardo Tipi recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Kiran Tomasini. Leonardo Tipi showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. 20 minutes into the match, Les Tigres's goal looked a bit too open when Francisco Mino came free, but Lin Yan Hong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lin Yan Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisco Mino in the 25th minute of the match. Les Tigres's Ahmet Samih got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronny Simmen in the 35th minute of play forced Les Tigres's goalkeeper Lin Yan Hong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ronny Simmen took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lin Yan Hong. Lin Yan Hong dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leonardo Tipi in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kiran Tomasini prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leonardo Tipi in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kiran Tomasini saved THE ROKERY PIMKIS from getting behind. With a little luck, THE ROKERY PIMKIS's Kiran Tomasini got control of the ball when Leonardo Tipi tried to sneak it across the goal line. The Les Tigres players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. THE ROKERY PIMKIS were winning 2-3.

Les Tigres's Rodolfo Luken was substituted for Silvano Ihazintu. The wind increased when Leonardo Tipi made the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Jorge Luna put it in 2-4 from a short distance just to the right of Lin Yan Hong. In the 62nd match minute, THE ROKERY PIMKIS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronny Simmen to maneuver through the defense. Les Tigres's Paolo Ereinotz was substituted for Leonardo Tipi. A collision led to THE ROKERY PIMKIS getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Ronny Simmen hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Les Tigres's Severino Estevez tried to score from far away in the 64th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. With 66 minutes on the clock, Howard Archambault commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 66 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for THE ROKERY PIMKIS! Paolo Ereinotz did an outstanding performance 68 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 3-4 to the right of an irritated Kiran Tomasini in the goal. THE ROKERY PIMKIS made a substitution. Fidele Barajo replaced Fernando Morientes. 72 minutes into the match, THE ROKERY PIMKIS's goal looked a bit too open when Paolo Ereinotz came free, but Kiran Tomasini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Les Tigres's goalkeeper Lin Yan Hong, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jorge Luna's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lin Yan Hong read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. Kiran Tomasini didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edvard Võsandi went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-4 was the resulting score. When Paolo Ereinotz came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Les Tigres 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 Paolo Ereinotz couldn't finish the play. In the 89th minute, Paolo Ereinotz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kiran Tomasini was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-4. In the 92nd minute of the match Severino Estevez sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kiran Tomasini skillfully saved the ball. Fidele Barajo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Lin Yan Hong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 97th match minute, Les Tigres was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Samih to maneuver through the defense. Les Tigres's Lin Yan Hong proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 98th minute of the match, managed to save Les Tigres from getting a goal against them. In the 99th minute, Paolo Ereinotz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Les Tigres fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-4. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Les Tigres had won, even though THE ROKERY PIMKIS had held more of the ball.