World League

Pannenkoekenhuis
Spectators: 7454 (Terracing: 5591, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Martín Ulloa got the match started through his kick off. Martín Ulloa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 7th minute, Martín Ulloa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. René Batum made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Humberto Escobar in the 11th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joeri Das in the 16th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Juan Benavides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. René Batum came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Guillermo Escalona. But to his dismay, Guillermo Escalona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Martien Crans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juan Benavides having to interfere. Martín Ulloa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. René Batum tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nelsinho Nóbrega in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck René Batum prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 28 minutes into the game, Humberto Escobar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. René Batum was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Martín Ulloa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Juan Benavides showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joeri Das, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Humberto Escobar in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck René Batum prevented the ball from getting in the gole. René Batum made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guillermo Escalona in the 36th minute of play. René Batum showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guillermo Escalona in the 39th minute of the match. Martín Ulloa kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Martín Ulloa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but René Batum read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 45th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joeri Das was the one to do the kick off. Humberto Escobar took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised René Batum. René Batum dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Humberto Escobar in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg René Batum saved Pannekoeken from getting behind. Martín Ulloa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Martien Crans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 64th minute, Humberto Escobar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. René Batum was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. When Floris Abbenbroek came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Pannekoeken 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 Floris Abbenbroek couldn't finish the play. 71 minutes into the game, Humberto Escobar lined in a short shot 0-6 behind a frustrated René Batum. In the 74th minute Martien Crans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Benavides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 76th play minutes Guillermo Escalona shot 0-7, a short shot which went by René Batum and just under the crossbar into goal. René Batum made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guillermo Escalona in the 79th minute of play. René Batum was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Guillermo Escalona showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-8 in the 84 minute of play. In the 87th minute, Humberto Escobar 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. 91 minutes into the match, Martín Ulloa dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of René Batum, 0-9. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Martín Ulloa took a quick shot and it went in 0-10 without a chance for René Batum to make any attempt to save it. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ played a much better game than Pannekoeken and deserved their victory. The Pannekoeken players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.