World League

La Hielera
Spectators: 7724 (Terracing: 5794, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jonatan Dorio started the match with the kick off. Joonatan Schols took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robot Haaland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Timmy Siggman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alexandre Perdigão read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. 10 minutes in the game Paulo Velasques did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Robot Haaland. In the 16th match minute, Internacional Pechofrío was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adolfo Etxahun to maneuver through the defense. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Internacional Pechofrío's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Estevão Patrício was slow to take the kick. During this time PLURAL's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Estevão Patrício got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Joonatan Schols quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Telmo Lillo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joonatan Schols took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonatan Dorio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eray Koyas made in the 27th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jonatan Dorio. Timmy Siggman blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alexandre Perdigão having to make a save. Alexandre Perdigão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timmy Siggman in the 31st minute of the match. Internacional Pechofrío's Joonatan Schols played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonatan Dorio in the 33rd minute of play. In the 36th minute Antônio Zonta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joonatan Schols saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 38 minutes, Alexandre Perdigão successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 39th minute of the match Internacional Pechofrío got a corner. PLURAL's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ernesto Báez ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Ernesto Báez got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alexandre Perdigão quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Alexandre Perdigão made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Timmy Siggman sent off a good shot on target. Joonatan Schols made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robot Haaland in the 42nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Jonatan Dorio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joonatan Schols was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Timmy Siggman to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, PLURAL's goal looked a bit too open when Timmy Siggman came free, but Alexandre Perdigão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Timmy Siggman scored 1-0 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alexandre Perdigão, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Timmy Siggman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonatan Dorio in the 62nd minute of play forced Internacional Pechofrío's goalkeeper Joonatan Schols to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A throw-in in the 68th minute of the game was made by Eray Koyas with Paulo Velasques as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After a rather tough play, PLURAL's Paulo Velasques got a free kick in the 69th minute. Alexandre Perdigão didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Su Qian Cheng went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. With a little luck, Internacional Pechofrío's Joonatan Schols got control of the ball when Robot Haaland tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonatan Dorio in the 87th minute of play forced Internacional Pechofrío's goalkeeper Joonatan Schols to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Su Qian Cheng hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. After 89 played minutes, PLURAL's Estevão Patrício shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Joonatan Schols came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in PLURAL reached it. Joonatan Schols made an important save on a dangerous shot by Robot Haaland in the 90th minute. In the 92nd minute, Su Qian Cheng made a precise shot to the right of Alexandre Perdigão. PLURAL's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Internacional Pechofrío's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.