World League

La Martina
Spectators: 7651 (Terracing: 5740, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) CON-E-CO's Bruno Bruñon started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Carlinhos Vale sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of TheLastDance booed when CON-E-CO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anibal Viviano didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Black Angel managed to get in a good position for a shot. TheLastDance's supporters rose to their feet, but Black Angel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Demesio Galarreta breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Demesio Galarreta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jaroslaw Anszczak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. TheLastDance's Zachariasz Kociniewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Bruñon in the 22nd minute of play. In the 26th minute Argider Lizundia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zachariasz Kociniewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Demesio Galarreta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edson-Arantes Maradona, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. TheLastDance's Zachariasz Kociniewski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save TheLastDance from getting a goal against them. After 36 played minutes CON-E-CO got a freekick which was hit by Eric Bergström. In the 37th minute Edson-Arantes Maradona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Demesio Galarreta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Urbano Cevallo hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. 0-1 became the score in the 41st minute when Edson-Arantes Maradona elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Artaldo Longoria struck a weak shot in the 44th minute. Zachariasz Kociniewski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CON-E-CO. In the 46th match minute, CON-E-CO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eric Bergström to maneuver through the defense. After 47 minutes of play, TheLastDance's Edson-Arantes Maradona made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Demesio Galarreta was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Edson-Arantes Maradona made the kick off in the second half. Zachariasz Kociniewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artaldo Longoria in the 52nd minute of play. CON-E-CO's Demesio Galarreta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaroslaw Anszczak in the 54th minute of play. Artaldo Longoria struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Zachariasz Kociniewski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CON-E-CO. In the 58th minute Jaroslaw Anszczak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Demesio Galarreta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute, TheLastDance's Edson-Arantes Maradona ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Demesio Galarreta. Demesio Galarreta yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. Carlinhos Vale received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Demesio Galarreta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Demesio Galarreta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edson-Arantes Maradona went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. TheLastDance's Zachariasz Kociniewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artaldo Longoria in the 72nd minute of play. Demesio Galarreta stood somewhat misplaced when Edson-Arantes Maradona came free in front of goal and shot 0-5 to the left of him in the 77 minute. In the 79th minute, Edson-Arantes Maradona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TheLastDance fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edson-Arantes Maradona in the 82nd minute of play forced CON-E-CO's goalkeeper Demesio Galarreta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Demesio Galarreta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edson-Arantes Maradona, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Edson-Arantes Maradona received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Demesio Galarreta came out and tried to block the shot, but Edson-Arantes Maradona slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 85th minute. Black Angel scored 0-8 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Demesio Galarreta, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The throw-in from Roberto-Carlos Junior in the 92nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by CON-E-CO's Argider Lizundia. The crowd rose to their feet as TheLastDance's Edson-Arantes Maradona slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Demesio Galarreta. That made the score 0-9 after 97 minutes of play. When the match was over TheLastDance could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than CON-E-CO throughout the match.