World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7841 (Terracing: 5882, Seating: 1803, VIP seats: 156) Marcel da Rocha started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, C. A. Balnearia's goal looked a bit too open when Radoslaw Solibieda came free, but Emilio Tartalo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of C. A. Balnearia booed when Red Devils was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vinicio Jakes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Red Devils's Braulio Gartxot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tugay Özyurek in the 17th minute of play. Carlito Sobera hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. C. A. Balnearia's Emilio Tartalo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save C. A. Balnearia from getting a goal against them. Braulio Gartxot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Frantzes in the 20th minute of the match. After 22 minutes of play, Red Devils's Slawomir Trzaskoma made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emilio Tartalo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Emilio Tartalo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slawomir Trzaskoma in the 26th minute of play. In the 26th minute Slawomir Trzaskoma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilio Tartalo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Marcel da Rocha took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Emilio Tartalo to make any attempt to save it. Braulio Gartxot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abelardo Vistruario, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tugay Özyurek in the 35th minute of play forced Red Devils's goalkeeper Braulio Gartxot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcel da Rocha got free with Emilio Tartalo in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Emilio Tartalo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel da Rocha in the 46th minute of play.

Simone Spano recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to C. A. Balnearia getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Anselmo Ler hit a great ball. Emilio Tartalo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slawomir Trzaskoma in the 58th minute of play. Emilio Tartalo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel da Rocha in the 61st minute of play. In the 66th minute Slawomir Trzaskoma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilio Tartalo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Red Devils made a substitution. Kazimierz Deyna replaced Radoslaw Solibieda. C. A. Balnearia made a substitution. Severino Nuxila replaced Abelardo Vistruario. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Red Devils's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tugay Özyurek was slow to take the kick. During this time C. A. Balnearia's players had a chance to rest. Tugay Özyurek made a great header on C. A. Balnearia's corner, it was just that Red Devils's Braulio Gartxot managed to reach the ball for a save. Emilio Tartalo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dawid Kalak, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. If Simone Spano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lino Abechuco's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 88thth minute, Braulio Gartxot skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The supporters of Red Devils booed when C. A. Balnearia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carlito Sobera didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sotos Zervoulakos, 93 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a rather tough play, Red Devils's Konrad Wasikowski got a free kick in the 95th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Red Devils had played much better football throughout.