World League

Bombonera
Spectators: 7582 (Terracing: 5687, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arnaldo Colas took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, BATIgol FC's Seb Marud got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Arnaldo Colas might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Angel Peruzzi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arnaldo Colas ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 4th minute Arnaldo Colas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angel Peruzzi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Angel Peruzzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaldo Colas in the 6th minute of the match. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by La Mandarina Mecánica's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alvaro Elija was slow to take the kick. During this time BATIgol FC's players had a chance to rest. Cristian Abeita was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. The audience was convinced that Feliciano Orti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Naike Abalos was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. In the 25thth minute of the game Julian Unax who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Mandarina Mecánica's Naike Abalos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Angel Peruzzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaldo Colas in the 31st minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, BATIgol FC's goal looked a bit too open when Fjölnir Bergsson came free, but Angel Peruzzi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. La Mandarina Mecánica's Naike Abalos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save La Mandarina Mecánica from getting a goal against them. After 44 played minutes La Mandarina Mecánica got a freekick which was hit by Elias Leimann. After 45 played minutes, BATIgol FC's Romeo Millano shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Naike Abalos 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 BATIgol FC reached it.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Julian Unax was the one to do the kick off. Naike Abalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvaro Elija in the 51st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Feliciano Orti in the 56th minute of play forced La Mandarina Mecánica's goalkeeper Naike Abalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Julian Unax fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BATIgol FC's protests and gave Julian Unax a yellow card for diving instead. Arnaldo Colas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Naike Abalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Elija, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Angel Peruzzi was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Arnaldo Colas showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 66 minute of play. Naike Abalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Unax in the 72nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, La Mandarina Mecánica's Fjölnir Bergsson got a free kick in the 74th minute. Angel Peruzzi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arnaldo Colas in the 84th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arnaldo Colas in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Angel Peruzzi saved BATIgol FC from getting behind. John Abancens kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. La Mandarina Mecánica made a substitution. Lucas-James Langoni replaced Arnaldo Colas. After 89 minutes, Angelino Quilino mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BATIgol FC and the La Mandarina Mecánica players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to BATIgol FC getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Angelino Quilino hit a great ball. When John Abancens fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Mandarina Mecánica's protests and gave John Abancens a yellow card for diving instead. In the 92nd match minute, La Mandarina Mecánica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by John Abancens to maneuver through the defense. When BATIgol FC's Alvaro Elija in 94 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Naike Abalos guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. When the match clock showed 94 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Alvaro Elija sped through La Mandarina Mecánica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Naike Abalos.