World League

Luck Arena
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Narcis Voinescu took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd minute, Manel Sans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roch Cieslak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvito Helguera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alvito Helguera scored 0-1 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roch Cieslak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Roch Cieslak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvito Helguera, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 16 minutes into the game, Nueva Adalucia's Murat Oberlack nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Roch Cieslak made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. The throw-in from Sabin Baltanas in the 19th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC Luck's Vasile Târcă. Nueva Adalucia's attentive Gerardo Bellido managed to snatch the ball when Claudiu Creteanu made a throw-in in the 23rd minute of the game. Roch Cieslak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvito Helguera, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Roch Cieslak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvito Helguera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Narcis Voinescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Larpe Cabrera made a huge save. Alvito Helguera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Luck's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gerardo Bellido was slow to take the kick. During this time Nueva Adalucia's players had a chance to rest. Roch Cieslak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvito Helguera, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. If Alvito Helguera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. FC Luck's Roch Cieslak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvito Helguera in the 48th minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Alvito Helguera was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute FC Luck were awarded a corner. Narcis Voinescu went to the cornerflag to take it. Narcis Voinescu made a great header on FC Luck's corner, it was just that Nueva Adalucia's Larpe Cabrera managed to reach the ball for a save. The supporters of Nueva Adalucia booed when FC Luck was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Narcis Voinescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 55th minute, Alvito Helguera 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. FC Luck made a substitution. Cristi Rareș replaced Claudiu Creteanu. After a rather tough play, FC Luck's David Chiru got a free kick in the 59th minute. If Alvito Helguera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. FC Luck's Roch Cieslak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvito Helguera in the 76th minute of play. FC Luck's Narcis Voinescu got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mané Alcaraz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mané Alcaraz in the 80th minute of play forced FC Luck's goalkeeper Roch Cieslak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 82 minutes into the game, Nueva Adalucia's Alvito Helguera nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Roch Cieslak made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. In the 87th minute, Narcis Voinescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 93rd minute, Alvito Helguera fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Nueva Adalucia's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.