World League

Camp de Mestalla
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jacinto Gaitano kicked off to start the match. After 9 minutes of play, Valencia C.F.'s Joe Herring made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Isaac Aimar was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Joe Herring had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Joe Herring could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Isaac Aimar made a huge save. Joe Herring succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-1 in the 14th playminute. After 20 minutes of play, Valencia C.F.'s Joe Herring made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Isaac Aimar was left in no man's land by his defense there! Santiago Cañizares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacinto Gaitano, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After 25 minutes, Joe Herring mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Valencia C.F. and the Willy Brown FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Valencia C.F.'s Joe Herring got a free kick in the 25th minute. 26 minutes into the match, Valencia C.F.'s goal looked a bit too open when Jacinto Gaitano came free, but Santiago Cañizares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Santiago Cañizares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacinto Gaitano, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Valencia C.F.'s Joe Herring sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Isaac Aimar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Willy Brown FC's Isaac Aimar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joe Herring in the 32nd minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Valencia C.F.'s goal looked a bit too open when Jacinto Gaitano came free, but Santiago Cañizares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Joe Herring took a quick shot and it went in 4-1 without a chance for Isaac Aimar to make any attempt to save it. After 41 played minutes Willy Brown FC got a freekick which was hit by Javier Cesario. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joe Herring in the 46th minute of play forced Willy Brown FC's goalkeeper Isaac Aimar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joe Herring in the 46th minute of play forced Willy Brown FC's goalkeeper Isaac Aimar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 46 played minutes Willy Brown FC got a freekick which was hit by Javier Cesario. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joe Herring was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joe Herring in the 51st minute of play forced Willy Brown FC's goalkeeper Isaac Aimar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joe Herring scored 5-1 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Isaac Aimar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 62nd match minute, Willy Brown FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Javier Cesario to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Willy Brown FC's goalkeeper Isaac Aimar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 70 minutes into the match, Valencia C.F.'s goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jacinto Gaitano. A collision led to Willy Brown FC getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Atilano Rico hit a great ball. Isaac Aimar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joe Herring went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joe Herring in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Isaac Aimar saved Willy Brown FC from getting behind. Atilano Rico hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Al Capone received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Isaac Aimar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lance Fairfax took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Isaac Aimar. Isaac Aimar dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-1. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Valencia C.F. fans cheered their team off the field, for while Willy Brown FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.