World League

Stella Noire Arena
Spectators: 7680 (Terracing: 5761, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Pedro Domingues started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind Isótopos V.M.'s goalkeeper Ignacio Di Stasi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ignacio Di Stasi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shi Ming in the 7th minute of play. Shi Ming took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ignacio Di Stasi. Ignacio Di Stasi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Ignacio Di Stasi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shi Ming in the 12th minute of the match. Kenneth Libesoons showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Taribo West, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute Taribo West shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenneth Libesoons saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Albeiro Usuriaga got free with Kenneth Libesoons in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gustaw Jaraczeski got a throw-in 18 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Albeiro Usuriaga. After 20 minutes of play, Terremoto FC's Shi Ming made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ignacio Di Stasi was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Hilario Duarte in the 25th minute of play forced Isótopos V.M.'s goalkeeper Ignacio Di Stasi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the game, one of Isótopos V.M.:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Ignacio Di Stasi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shi Ming in the 33rd minute of play. Terremoto FC's attentive Benicio Sugar managed to snatch the ball when Gustaw Jaraczeski made a throw-in in the 38th minute of the game. 39 minutes into the match, Isótopos V.M.'s goal looked a bit too open when Shi Ming came free, but Ignacio Di Stasi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Shi Ming in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ignacio Di Stasi prevented the ball from getting in the gole.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Shi Ming stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Pedro Domingues shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenneth Libesoons saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 59 minutes into the match, Isótopos V.M.'s goal looked a bit too open when Shi Ming came free, but Ignacio Di Stasi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute, Taribo West ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kenneth Libesoons was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Terremoto FC's Jonas Lore was substituted for Benicio Sugar. Isótopos V.M.'s Fulgencio Matia was substituted for Domingo Oihenarte. Terremoto FC's Kenneth Libesoons played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albeiro Usuriaga in the 68th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bernard Mietus got free with Ignacio Di Stasi in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fulgencio Matia in the 72nd minute of play forced Terremoto FC's goalkeeper Kenneth Libesoons to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Terremoto FC's Pablo Herrera got a free kick in the 77th minute. Kenneth Libesoons took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albeiro Usuriaga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pablo Herrera hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albeiro Usuriaga in the 86th minute of play forced Terremoto FC's goalkeeper Kenneth Libesoons to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Terremoto FC defense, Albeiro Usuriaga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kenneth Libesoons. The Terremoto FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kenneth Libesoons should have stopped the shot. Ignacio Di Stasi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernard Mietus in the 95th minute of play.