World League

Bombonera Stadium
Spectators: 7802 (Terracing: 5853, Seating: 1794, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Remigio Vigil got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, La Candela FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cheng Zhan Sheng came free, but Ruben Sánchez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Remigio Vigil in the 9th minute of play forced La Candela FC's goalkeeper Ruben Sánchez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cheng Zhan Sheng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ruben Sánchez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cheng Zhan Sheng in the 11th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Zhang Hong Ke got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute, Martin Palermo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Vitan Nikolchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Palermo in the 19th minute of play. In the 21st minute of the match, Sebastián Battaglia got a very nice opportunity to score, but Vitan Nikolchev was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Ruben Sánchez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Remigio Vigil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cheng Zhan Sheng in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ruben Sánchez saved La Candela FC from getting behind. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Vitan Nikolchev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- from getting a goal against them. Ruben Sánchez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Remigio Vigil, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Ruben Sánchez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remigio Vigil in the 32nd minute of play. Rubén-Darío Feldmann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Vitan Nikolchev made a huge save. Ruben Sánchez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Magne Wenerdahl, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Cheng Zhan Sheng had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

After 50 played minutes White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- got a freekick which was hit by Magne Wenerdahl. After a rather tough play, La Candela FC's Luis Medero got a free kick in the 55th minute. After having played for 58 minutes, Martin Palermo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Candela FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Martin Palermo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Cheng Zhan Sheng's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ruben Sánchez was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. After 66 minutes La Candela FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Magne Wenerdahl who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Magne Wenerdahl almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but La Candela FC's Ruben Sánchez did a great save. When the match had been going on for 72 minutes, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Cheng Zhan Sheng got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Ruben Sánchez. La Candela FC's Gabi Batistuta was substituted for Luis Medero. 77 minutes into the match, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s goal looked a bit too open when Gabi Batistuta came free, but Vitan Nikolchev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Walter Samuel kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Magne Wenerdahl managed to get in a good position for a shot. White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s supporters rose to their feet, but Magne Wenerdahl was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ruben Sánchez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ruben Sánchez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cheng Zhan Sheng, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xiao Fan Jing in the 84th minute of play forced La Candela FC's goalkeeper Ruben Sánchez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind La Candela FC's goalkeeper Ruben Sánchez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cheng Zhan Sheng got free with Ruben Sánchez in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Xiao Fan Jing kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ruben Sánchez. That made the score 0-2 in the 92 minute of play. After some careless play in the La Candela FC defense, Xiao Fan Jing kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ruben Sánchez. The La Candela FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ruben Sánchez should have stopped the shot.