World League

Rocha Arena
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alemdar Yavuzalp got the match started through his kick off. ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Maxi Braga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paul Geeraerts in the 5th minute of play. 7 minutes into the match, ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Edmund Sand sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Generoso Beloki narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 9 minutes into the match, Vodka Stars 1949's goal looked a bit too open when Alemdar Yavuzalp came free, but Generoso Beloki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Maxi Braga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Curcio Alonso in the 14th minute of play. ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s Maxi Braga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paul Geeraerts in the 18th minute of play. Generoso Beloki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alemdar Yavuzalp, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Paul Geeraerts blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Maxi Braga having to make a save. A hard shot 26 in the game by Alemdar Yavuzalp from a close distance when the talented Generoso Beloki managed to make a qualified save. Vodka Stars 1949's players were relieved. In the 28th minute of the match ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚ got a corner. Vodka Stars 1949's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ciprian Peptan ran over to the corner to take the kick. 29 minutes into the match, Vodka Stars 1949's goalkeeper Generoso Beloki had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ted Rijkaard. In the 32nd minute of the match ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚ got a corner. Vodka Stars 1949's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ciprian Peptan ran over to the corner to take the kick. After having played for 34 minutes, Nevada Lopez de Toro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vodka Stars 1949's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nevada Lopez de Toro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Generoso Beloki made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Carmelo Barto sent off a good shot on target. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s goalkeeper Maxi Braga, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 42nd minute, Alifonso Irureta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maxi Braga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paul Geeraerts, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After 45 minutes ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Curcio Alonso who took care of the corner kick. Vodka Stars 1949 were awarded a corner in the 46th minute after ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Curcio Alonso took the corner. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Curcio Alonso to strike the kick off in the second half. If Curcio Alonso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 54 minutes into the match, Vodka Stars 1949's goal looked a bit too open when Alemdar Yavuzalp came free, but Generoso Beloki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Generoso Beloki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alemdar Yavuzalp in the 56th minute of play. Vodka Stars 1949's Martin Batalla was substituted for Erik Véber. The audience was convinced that Edmund Sand's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Generoso Beloki was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Edmund Sand's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Generoso Beloki was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Generoso Beloki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alemdar Yavuzalp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Paul Geeraerts managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vodka Stars 1949's supporters rose to their feet, but Paul Geeraerts was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Maxi Braga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Curcio Alonso got free with Maxi Braga in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Alemdar Yavuzalp came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the ♚ Bastardos del Rey ♚ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Alemdar Yavuzalp couldn't finish the play.