World League

Johan Cruyff
Spectators: 8003 (Terracing: 6004, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Bubu Denat 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. Alejandro Verdu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abraham Beauval, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Beauval in the 6th minute of play. Tanek Zurawski made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Antoni Villarroel sent off a good shot on target. Alejandro Verdu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abraham Beauval in the 11th minute of the match. Tanek Zurawski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bubu Denat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A throw-in in the 20th minute of the game was made by Rhys Williams with Big Burne as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 20th minute Léon Sureau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejandro Verdu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bubu Denat could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Tanek Zurawski made a huge save. Alejandro Verdu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abraham Beauval went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Léon Sureau in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th minute, Bubu Denat reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tanek Zurawski. The goal made the score 1-1. In the 35th minute, Bubu Denat left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abraham Beauval in the 38th minute of play. In the 39th minute of the match Les Pionniers de Touraine got a corner. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Léon Sureau ran over to the corner to take the kick. Alejandro Verdu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Léon Sureau, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abraham Beauval to make the kick off. Abraham Beauval received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alejandro Verdu came out and tried to block the shot, but Abraham Beauval slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 52nd minute. Bubu Denat took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tanek Zurawski. Tanek Zurawski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA made a substitution. Marc Vilaplana replaced Ludovít Reis. Les Pionniers de Touraine's Désiré Alberto was substituted for Patryk Kopacz. Les Pionniers de Touraine's attentive Mickaël Métenier managed to snatch the ball when Joan Puig made a throw-in in the 64th minute of the game. In the 66th minute Francesc Pla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tanek Zurawski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Beauval in the 67th minute of play forced F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Alejandro Verdu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 71 played minutes Les Pionniers de Touraine got a freekick which was hit by Mickaël Métenier. In the 75thth minute of the game Bubu Denat who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Les Pionniers de Touraine's Tanek Zurawski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 85th minute of the match Les Pionniers de Touraine got a corner. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Léon Sureau ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalie and right to Hervé Malaise. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 94th minute, Big Burne hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tanek Zurawski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bubu Denat's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. When the match clock showed 95 minutes, the score became 5-2 when Bubu Denat sped through Les Pionniers de Touraine's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tanek Zurawski.