World League

Cana Brava
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Matías Mendes took the kick off in the first half of the match. Izaltina FAD's William Angelsø got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Manuel Alves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Óbolo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Izaltina FAD getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Laerte Tande hit a great ball. Izaltina FAD's Manuel Alves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Torstein Solli in the 12th minute of play. In the 14th minute Izaltina FAD were awarded a corner. Benito Lain went to the cornerflag to take it. Matías Mendes took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gjermund Aabel. Gjermund Aabel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Gjermund Aabel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matías Mendes in the 21st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Hans-Kristian Aanes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sagene IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Hans-Kristian Aanes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Manuel Alves breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 34th minute Well-Well Waack shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gjermund Aabel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Laerte Tande kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Manuel Alves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hans-Kristian Aanes, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. The audience was convinced that Benito Lain's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gjermund Aabel was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. Izaltina FAD's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Benito Lain in the 43rd minute. After taking down the ball on Izaltina FAD's corner Benito Lain fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Gjermund Aabel quite easily take care of the ball. 46 minutes in the game, Matías Mendes fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Gjermund Aabel having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Hans-Kristian Aanes to strike the kick off in the second half. Izaltina FAD's Well-Well Waack got a good chance for a goal in the 50th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Well-Well Waack came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Izaltina FAD fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Well-Well Waack couldn't finish the play. Oscar Bergum received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Manuel Alves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Well-Well Waack received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Gjermund Aabel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Izaltina FAD's Leandro Sugar was substituted for William Angelsø. 63 minutes into the match, Leandro Sugar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gjermund Aabel. Sagene IF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leandro Sugar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Gjermund Aabel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Well-Well Waack in the 68th minute of play. Matías Mendes struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Gjermund Aabel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Izaltina FAD. A collision led to Sagene IF getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. William Knutsen hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Matías Mendes in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gjermund Aabel saved Sagene IF from getting behind. 86 minutes into the match, Well-Well Waack notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Sagene IF's Gjermund Aabel. Gjermund Aabel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 95th minute, Matías Mendes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Izaltina FAD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0.