World League

Eduardo Gallardon
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gianluca Vialli made the kick off which started today's match. Gianluca Vialli blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nana Lider having to make a save. Kennet Kielberg hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Loco De la Maza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodrigo-Nicolas De Paul, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 11 minutes into the match, Club Atletico Los Andes's goal looked a bit too open when Gianluca Vialli came free, but Nana Lider reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gao Yuan Zhen hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. In the 22nd minute Alvar Puranen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loco De la Maza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Nemesio Abarca in the 25th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Falckner FC's Julien Steuble. Rodrigo-Nicolas De Paul could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Loco De la Maza made a huge save. Loco De la Maza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anacleto Tiniebra in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvar Puranen in the 38th minute of play forced Falckner FC's goalkeeper Loco De la Maza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind Club Atletico Los Andes's goalkeeper Nana Lider, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nana Lider showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianluca Vialli, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. 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.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvar Puranen in the 51st minute of play forced Falckner FC's goalkeeper Loco De la Maza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nana Lider showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianluca Vialli, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Gianluca Vialli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Nana Lider made a huge save. In the 60th minute, Urbano Shantala hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rodrigo-Nicolas De Paul scored 1-0 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Loco De la Maza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gianluca Vialli struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Nana Lider didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Falckner FC. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo-Nicolas De Paul in the 69th minute of play forced Falckner FC's goalkeeper Loco De la Maza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Falckner FC made a substitution. Jose Baldovino replaced Olaf Ciempa. The supporters of Club Atletico Los Andes booed when Falckner FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Urbano Shantala didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jose Baldovino did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Nana Lider 75 minutes into the match. Gao Yuan Zhen kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Jose Baldovino 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. Club Atletico Los Andes's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.