World League

Sergio Navarro
Spectators: 7446 (Terracing: 5592, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 140) Pretoria Gostyń's Tomás Clodio 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. With his leg Sylwester Chazon managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when Hacha y Tiza FC's Clemente Bihar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Julian Biskupiak managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pretoria Gostyń's supporters rose to their feet, but Julian Biskupiak was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Erubiel Osoro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 14 minutes in the game Atilano Millan did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Clemente Bihar. Pretoria Gostyń's Sylwester Chazon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clemente Bihar in the 15th minute of play. Erubiel Osoro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomás Clodio went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Erubiel Osoro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Julian Biskupiak went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Erubiel Osoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 24th minute of the match. Pretoria Gostyń's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 25th minute. The corner ended in Lionel-Andrés Messi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Hacha y Tiza FC's Erubiel Osoro did a great save. In the 27th minute, Lionel-Andrés Messi made a precise shot to the right of Erubiel Osoro. Hacha y Tiza FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Erubiel Osoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes into the game, Pretoria Gostyń's Lionel-Andrés Messi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Erubiel Osoro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Erubiel Osoro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Clodio in the 36th minute of play forced Hacha y Tiza FC's goalkeeper Erubiel Osoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Pretoria Gostyń booed when Hacha y Tiza FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hipolito Blasi didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 45th minute of play forced Hacha y Tiza FC's goalkeeper Erubiel Osoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erubiel Osoro came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by Pretoria Gostyń's Tomás Clodio. But to his dismay, Tomás Clodio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Clemente Bihar was the one to do the kick off. Hacha y Tiza FC's Erubiel Osoro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 53rd minute of play. If Lionel-Andrés Messi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hacha y Tiza FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 56th minute, when Lionel-Andrés Messi scored to the left of an out of position Erubiel Osoro, making the score, 0-6. The audience was convinced that Tomás Clodio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erubiel Osoro was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. A collision led to Hacha y Tiza FC getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Fabricio Xabel hit a great ball. Erubiel Osoro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Pretoria Gostyń were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after Hacha y Tiza FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lionel-Andrés Messi took the corner. After taking down the ball on Pretoria Gostyń's corner Tomás Clodio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Erubiel Osoro quite easily take care of the ball. In the 70th match minute, Hacha y Tiza FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clemente Bihar to maneuver through the defense. Lionel-Andrés Messi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80th match minute, Hacha y Tiza FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isaac Erramu to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Hacha y Tiza FC's Erubiel Osoro got control of the ball when Tomás Clodio tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Clodio in the 84th minute of play forced Hacha y Tiza FC's goalkeeper Erubiel Osoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 84 minutes into the game, Tomás Clodio recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Erubiel Osoro. Tomás Clodio showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-7. In the 89th minute Tomás Clodio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erubiel Osoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 92nd minute Fernando Peruxu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sylwester Chazon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sylwester Chazon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clemente Bihar, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Erubiel Osoro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 94th minute of play. In the 97th minute, Tomás Clodio got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Pretoria Gostyń's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.