World League

Nairo Quintana
Spectators: 7680 (Terracing: 5761, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Celestino Eli got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esteve Hodei in the 6th minute of play forced United.SF's goalkeeper Radostin Stanev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes into the game, Arnoldo Aballe cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Cleto Gonza was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the United.SF defense, Esteve Hodei kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Radostin Stanev. The United.SF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Radostin Stanev should have stopped the shot. Radostin Stanev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Celestino Eli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Radostin Stanev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celestino Eli in the 37th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Celestino Eli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Radostin Stanev was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. When HFA FC's Celestino Eli, in the 37th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for HFA FC. Radostin Stanev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Esteve Hodei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 45th minute Esteve Hodei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radostin Stanev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cleto Gonza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugeniusz Trzaskoma in the 46th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eugeniusz Trzaskoma stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Esteve Hodei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 50th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 56th minute Arnoldo Aballe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cleto Gonza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, HFA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Eugeniusz Trzaskoma came free, but Cleto Gonza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute Esteve Hodei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radostin Stanev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Eusebio Belo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cleto Gonza was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Radostin Stanev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Celestino Eli in the 70th minute. Radostin Stanev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celestino Eli in the 71st minute of the match. Cleto Gonza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnoldo Aballe in the 82nd minute of play. In the 86th minute, Celestino Eli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Radostin Stanev was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2.