World League

La Cucha
Spectators: 7830 (Terracing: 5874, Seating: 1800, VIP seats: 156) Jack de Koning made the kick off and thus started the match. Simbo FC's Mías Khalifa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Porro in the 3rd minute of play. Wilfried Henselmans came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Simbo FC's Tincho Palermo. But to his dismay, Tincho Palermo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. After 15 minutes Osdorp FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sabri Ravelli who took care of the corner kick. Simbo FC were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Osdorp FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sabri Ravelli took the corner. Raul Valery hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerwin Aerts in the 27th minute of play forced Simbo FC's goalkeeper Mías Khalifa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mías Khalifa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Porro, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Mías Khalifa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jack de Koning in the 30th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Jack de Koning's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mías Khalifa was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. 34 minutes into the match, Osdorp FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tincho Palermo came free, but Wilfried Henselmans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute, Jack de Koning made a precise shot to the right of Mías Khalifa. Simbo FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tincho Palermo to strike the kick off in the second half. Wilfried Henselmans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tincho Palermo in the 51st minute of the match. Wilfried Henselmans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tincho Palermo in the 52nd minute of play. In the 60th minute of the match, Hendrik Heida got a very nice opportunity to score, but Mías Khalifa was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. With a little luck, Simbo FC's Mías Khalifa got control of the ball when Jack de Koning tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mías Khalifa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hendrik Heida in the 62nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Gerwin Aerts managed to get in a good position for a shot. Osdorp FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Gerwin Aerts was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mías Khalifa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Simbo FC's Niceto Nafarroa was substituted for Boleslaw Sidorowicz. Simbo FC's Miliano Sacristán was substituted for Tincho Palermo. Ludomil Sokolski kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. In the 72ndth minute of the game Miliano Sacristán who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Osdorp FC's Wilfried Henselmans was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Miliano Sacristán put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Wilfried Henselmans. Osdorp FC's Frank Wiegmann was substituted for Ty Dijkstra. After a rather tough play, Osdorp FC's Pedro Porro got a free kick in the 76th minute. A collision led to Osdorp FC getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Pedro Porro hit a great ball. After 82 minutes of play, Simbo FC's Miliano Sacristán made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wilfried Henselmans was left in no man's land by his defense there! Frank Wiegmann charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Frank Wiegmann the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Osdorp FC getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Frank Wiegmann hit a great ball. After 85 played minutes Osdorp FC got a freekick which was hit by Maarten Grol. In the 86th minute, Miliano Sacristán made a precise shot to the right of Wilfried Henselmans. Osdorp FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Wilfried Henselmans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miliano Sacristán in the 91st minute of play. Simbo FC's Mías Khalifa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jack de Koning in the 96th minute of play. Many of Osdorp FC's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Osdorp FC may have spent more time on the ball, but Simbo FC were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.