World League

Parque de Estrellas
Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Dan Pruvot kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Esteve Blanco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guillaume Chaine in the 10th minute of play. Valette Stars's Adrien Tanneau proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Valette Stars from getting a goal against them. 20 minutes into the match, Estrellas de Caballito's goal looked a bit too open when Fabian Walme came free, but Esteve Blanco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Valette Stars's Adrien Tanneau got control of the ball when Cristobal Patxi tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Herminio Haimar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Estrellas de Caballito's supporters rose to their feet, but Herminio Haimar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adrien Tanneau breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Estrellas de Caballito's Esteve Blanco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafail Rusev in the 32nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Americo Fernendo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adrien Tanneau was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Esteve Blanco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin Frémaux in the 37th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the match, Estrellas de Caballito's goal looked a bit too open when Guillaume Chaine came free, but Esteve Blanco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute, Theo Chassot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adrien Tanneau was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Donato Erramun. Cristobal Patxi did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Adrien Tanneau 47 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Josiah Mwangi Rop to make the kick off. Adrien Tanneau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Americo Fernendo, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. In the 53rd minute, Josiah Mwangi Rop left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Estrellas de Caballito fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. With 64 minutes on the clock, Dan Pruvot commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee gave Estrellas de Caballito a penalty, 65 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Donato Erramun, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Valette Stars's Adrien Tanneau. 3-0. Esteve Blanco made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Fabian Walme sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fabian Walme got free with Esteve Blanco in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Adrien Tanneau stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Americo Fernendo's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. Estrellas de Caballito were awarded a corner in the 76th minute after Valette Stars's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Donato Erramun took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Josiah Mwangi Rop got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Adrien Tanneau quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 78th minute, Josiah Mwangi Rop left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Estrellas de Caballito fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Americo Fernendo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Adrien Tanneau read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. Adrien Tanneau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Americo Fernendo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rafail Rusev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Esteve Blanco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Estrellas de Caballito had won after a very even match.