World League

Santa Elvira
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Grzegorz Bierfass got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind Inter de Chillán's goalkeeper Zhuo Xuan Yu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some careless play in the Inter de Chillán defense, Radamel Oakley kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zhuo Xuan Yu. The Inter de Chillán fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zhuo Xuan Yu should have stopped the shot. When Surahammar's Radamel Oakley in the 7th minute got a chance for a shot 7th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Inter de Chillán's goalie prevented a goal. When the match clock showed 7 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Radamel Oakley sped through Inter de Chillán's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Zhuo Xuan Yu. Radamel Oakley struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Zhuo Xuan Yu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Surahammar. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Surahammar's goalkeeper Carl Engström, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 24th minute of the match Inter de Chillán got a corner. Surahammar's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tobías Izamit ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Clemente Jaen heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After a rather tough play, Inter de Chillán's Sun Libo got a free kick in the 30th minute. In the 33rd minute, Radamel Oakley ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zhuo Xuan Yu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Carl Engström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rimas Ciparis in the 37th minute. Surahammar's Carl Engström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Surahammar from getting a goal against them. Surahammar's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Virgil Van Dijk in the 42nd minute. Mark Brovall made a great header on Surahammar's corner, it was just that Inter de Chillán's Zhuo Xuan Yu managed to reach the ball for a save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Radamel Oakley was the one to do the kick off. Inter de Chillán's Zhuo Xuan Yu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Inter de Chillán from getting a goal against them. Tobías Izamit's late challenge caught a Surahammar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tobías Izamit helped the player get up and apologised. Tobías Izamit hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. In the 55th minute, Surahammar's Radamel Oakley ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zhuo Xuan Yu. Zhuo Xuan Yu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. Radamel Oakley's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zhuo Xuan Yu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. Radamel Oakley blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zhuo Xuan Yu having to make a save. Surahammar's Carl Engström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rimas Ciparis in the 65th minute of play. Zhuo Xuan Yu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radamel Oakley in the 66th minute of play. Grzegorz Bierfass sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Inter de Chillán made a substitution. Eladio Araujo replaced Grzegorz Bierfass. Rickard Erserman scored 1-4 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Carl Engström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Surahammar's Victor Santxol in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Inter de Chillán's goalie prevented a goal. Surahammar were awarded a corner in the 85th minute after Inter de Chillán's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Virgil Van Dijk took the corner. Carl Engström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rickard Erserman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Santxol in the 95th minute of play forced Inter de Chillán's goalkeeper Zhuo Xuan Yu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zhuo Xuan Yu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victor Santxol in the 96th minute.