World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7830 (Terracing: 5874, Seating: 1800, VIP seats: 156) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 柳文谦 took the kick off in the first half of the match. Braulio Gartxot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivo Arce, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. When AllRaf EC's Ivo Arce, in the 3rd minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for AllRaf EC. 6 minutes into the match, AllRaf EC's goal looked a bit too open when Marcel da Rocha came free, but Aitor España reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Braulio Gartxot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dorival Guedes in the 8th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivo Arce in the 15th minute of play forced Red Devils's goalkeeper Braulio Gartxot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Braulio Gartxot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivo Arce, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. AllRaf EC were awarded a corner in the 19th minute after Red Devils's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ivo Arce took the corner. Aitor España took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcel da Rocha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Braulio Gartxot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivo Arce, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Aitor España made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Simone Spano sent off a good shot on target. Braulio Gartxot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivo Arce in the 26th minute of the match. Braulio Gartxot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivo Arce in the 28th minute of the match. Braulio Gartxot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivo Arce, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 34 minutes into the match, Red Devils's goal looked a bit too open when Ivo Arce came free, but Braulio Gartxot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, Red Devils's goal looked a bit too open when Ivo Arce came free, but Braulio Gartxot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Braulio Gartxot came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by AllRaf EC's Ivo Arce. But to his dismay, Ivo Arce quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 43 minutes into the match, AllRaf EC's goalkeeper Aitor España had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Simone Spano. Aitor España took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcel da Rocha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Simone Spano received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aitor España came out and tried to block the shot, but Simone Spano slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 47th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Braulio Gartxot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxim Tsigalko in the 53rd minute of play. Aitor España made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simone Spano in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcel da Rocha in the 56th minute of play forced AllRaf EC's goalkeeper Aitor España to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by 柳文谦 in the 58th minute of play forced Red Devils's goalkeeper Braulio Gartxot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Simone Spano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Aitor España tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aitor España showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slawomir Trzaskoma in the 62nd minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, AllRaf EC's goal looked a bit too open when Slawomir Trzaskoma came free, but Aitor España reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aitor España showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slawomir Trzaskoma in the 65th minute of the match. Aitor España didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Red Devils's Marcel da Rocha shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Aitor España made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simone Spano in the 70th minute of play. AllRaf EC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ivo Arce in the 73rd minute. AllRaf EC's Ivo Arce was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Braulio Gartxot in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Aitor España took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcel da Rocha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of AllRaf EC booed when Red Devils was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kazimierz Deyna didn't get a good kick on the ball. AllRaf EC's Nuno Gaúcho was substituted for 柳文谦. A collision led to Red Devils getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Kazimierz Deyna hit a great ball. A collision led to AllRaf EC getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Dorival Guedes hit a great ball. In the 97th match minute, AllRaf EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maxim Tsigalko to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Red Devils had won after a very even match.