World League

Johan Cruyff
Spectators: 7734 (Terracing: 5802, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) Ciriaco Tanio started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the match, Stat Veritas FC's goalkeeper Mauricio Erramun had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gonzalo Boye. Jose-Antonio Vazquez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 11thth minute of the game Ciriaco Tanio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ciriaco Tanio might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alejandro Verdu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ciriaco Tanio ran back to his position shaking his head. Mauricio Erramun was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Marc Vilaplana. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciriaco Tanio in the 21st minute of play forced F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Alejandro Verdu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rdth minute of the game Gonzalo Boye who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Stat Veritas FC's Mauricio Erramun was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mauricio Erramun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jose-Antonio Vazquez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Federico Zanetti made in the 28th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Joan Puig. 32 minutes into the match, Stat Veritas FC's goalkeeper Mauricio Erramun had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gonzalo Boye. Stat Veritas FC's Mauricio Erramun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonzalo Boye in the 35th minute of play. After 36 minutes Stat Veritas FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gonzalo Boye who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Gonzalo Boye got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mauricio Erramun quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Gonzalo Boye's late challenge caught a Stat Veritas FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gonzalo Boye helped the player get up and apologised. In the 37th match minute, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gonzalo Boye to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jose-Antonio Vazquez in the 40th minute of play forced Stat Veritas FC's goalkeeper Mauricio Erramun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wincent Lizewski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joan Puig got free with Mauricio Erramun in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

52 minutes into the match, Jose-Antonio Vazquez notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Stat Veritas FC's Mauricio Erramun. Mauricio Erramun was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Stat Veritas FC made a substitution. Pipo Benedetto replaced Wincent Lizewski. In the 60th minute of the match, Pipo Benedetto tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Alejandro Verdu saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After having played for 63 minutes, Neal Messer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Neal Messer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's David Ballester was substituted for Jose-Antonio Vazquez. Neal Messer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Mauricio Erramun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neal Messer in the 69th minute of the match. If Neal Messer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Stat Veritas FC's Mauricio Erramun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Neal Messer in the 73rd minute of play. Alejandro Verdu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pipo Benedetto in the 76th minute. Mauricio Erramun came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Neal Messer. But to his dismay, Neal Messer quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Emilio Ihintza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Alejandro Verdu made a huge save. In the 90th minute Roger Gili shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejandro Verdu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alejandro Verdu made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Emilio Ihintza sent off a good shot on target. In the 94th minute, Neal Messer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mauricio Erramun was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the Stat Veritas FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA.