World League

Balli Kombëtar
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) 3 minutes into the game, Cascadia United's Miguel Ángel Benito nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pepe Sarro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 5th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cascadia United's goalkeeper Leonel Rocco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 7th minute, Pepo De La Vega made a precise shot to the right of Leonel Rocco. Cascadia United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. With a little luck, Cascadia United's Leonel Rocco got control of the ball when Bayezit Demiroğlu tried to sneak it across the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, KF Ballistet's Danilo Barrionuevo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Leonel Rocco made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind KF Ballistet's goalkeeper Pepe Sarro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 27th minute, Amado Godoy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leonel Rocco was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Ángel Benito in the 30th minute of play forced KF Ballistet's goalkeeper Pepe Sarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Danilo Barrionuevo got free with Leonel Rocco in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 35th minute of the match KF Ballistet got a corner. Cascadia United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Carlton Boothroyd ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Carlton Boothroyd got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Leonel Rocco quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Leonel Rocco made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Danilo Barrionuevo sent off a good shot on target. In the 40th match minute, KF Ballistet was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lu Guo Jie to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Cascadia United's Leonel Rocco got control of the ball when Danilo Barrionuevo tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Amado Godoy kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Leonel Rocco. That made the score 4-1 in the 47 minute of play. Cascadia United made a substitution. Constantino Neto replaced Abel Neron. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Danilo Barrionuevo made the kick off in the second half. Leonel Rocco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danilo Barrionuevo in the 55th minute of the match. In the 56th minute, Cascadia United's Miguel Ángel Benito ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pepe Sarro. Pepe Sarro yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-2. Leonel Rocco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bayezit Demiroğlu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leonel Rocco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danilo Barrionuevo in the 65th minute of play. The supporters of KF Ballistet booed when Cascadia United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tamás Lovas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Miguel Ángel Benito could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Pepe Sarro made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Cascadia United's Miguel Ángel Benito got a free kick in the 76th minute. A collision led to Cascadia United getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Miguel Ángel Benito hit a great ball. In the 87th minute Amado Godoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonel Rocco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in KF Ballistet's zone, Miguel Ángel Benito stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pepe Sarro came out of the goal and Miguel Ángel Benito tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Leonel Rocco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leo Rosario in the 97th minute of play. KF Ballistet's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.