World League

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 7974 (Terracing: 5982, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Maximino Cabezon kicked off to start the match. 7 minutes into the game, ACF Fiorentina's Maximino Cabezon nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Janich Sodborg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Gabriel Gaufreds short, quick shot in the 15thth minute got Janich Sodborg to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 16thth minute of the game Maximino Cabezon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Orxata I Fartons's Janich Sodborg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Henry Roos notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of ACF Fiorentina's Federico Kalinowski. Federico Kalinowski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 26 minutes into the game, ACF Fiorentina's Maximino Cabezon nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Janich Sodborg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. ACF Fiorentina's attentive Hu Xi managed to snatch the ball when Batista Rosio made a throw-in in the 31st minute of the game. Orxata I Fartons's defense didn't have a chance, in the 38th minute, when Maximino Cabezon scored to the left of an out of position Janich Sodborg, making the score, 3-1. Gustavo Gomez made in the 47th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Orxata I Fartons's Batista Rosio. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Henry Roos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the game, Henry Roos recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Federico Kalinowski. Henry Roos showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-2. Orxata I Fartons's Batista Rosio quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hu Xi, made in the 58th minute of the game. Federico Kalinowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henry Roos in the 59th minute of play. ACF Fiorentina made a substitution. Enzo Miccio replaced Hildeberto Carvalho. Orxata I Fartons made a substitution. Zarando Manrique replaced Henry Roos. Orxata I Fartons's Donatello Estrada was substituted for Everardo Eguntsenti. Orxata I Fartons's Janich Sodborg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bengt-Rune Fastesson in the 71st minute of play. Orxata I Fartons's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Romeo Pio in the 75th minute. Olle Engström made a great header on Orxata I Fartons's corner, it was just that ACF Fiorentina's Federico Kalinowski managed to reach the ball for a save. With a little luck, ACF Fiorentina's Federico Kalinowski got control of the ball when René Alabern tried to sneak it across the goal line. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by ACF Fiorentina's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Romeo Pio was slow to take the kick. During this time Orxata I Fartons's players had a chance to rest. Orxata I Fartons's Romeo Pio was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Federico Kalinowski in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Janich Sodborg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enzo Miccio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Janich Sodborg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hernán Leandro in the 84th minute of the match. Janich Sodborg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hernán Leandro went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. Janich Sodborg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enzo Miccio in the 88th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Zarando Manrique's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Federico Kalinowski was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. ACF Fiorentina's defense didn't have a chance, in the 93rd minute, when Zarando Manrique scored to the left of an out of position Federico Kalinowski, making the score, 4-4. Federico Kalinowski was out of position in the 96 minute of play, and Zarando Manrique capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Zarando Manrique really showed his touch with that goal: 4-5.