World League

La Visera
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jean Peixoto got the match started through his kick off. Cornelio Merexildo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jean Peixoto in the 6th minute of play. A collision led to Hooligans FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Dick Sundström hit a great ball. 9 minutes into the match, Hooligans FC's goal looked a bit too open when Li Sha Yuan came free, but Melker Beckman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 12 minutes into the match, Sten Ekblom had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cornelio Merexildo. Defensores del Albinegro's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sten Ekblom was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Hooligans FC's Melker Beckman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Li Sha Yuan in the 16th minute of play. Cornelio Merexildo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boris Blom in the 20th minute of the match. In the 28th minute Egil Alebäck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cornelio Merexildo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 29th minute, Egil Alebäck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cornelio Merexildo came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by Hooligans FC's Sten Ekblom. But to his dismay, Sten Ekblom quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 37th minute Jean Peixoto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cornelio Merexildo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jean Peixoto was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Egil Alebäck in the 41st minute of play forced Defensores del Albinegro's goalkeeper Cornelio Merexildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 42 played minutes Defensores del Albinegro got a freekick which was hit by Marz Caracedo. In the 43rd minute of the match Dick Sundström sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cornelio Merexildo skillfully saved the ball. Cauan Tande received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Cornelio Merexildo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cornelio Merexildo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sten Ekblom in the 45th minute of play.

Marz Caracedo charged in rather forcefully in the 50th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marz Caracedo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Cornelio Merexildo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean Peixoto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Defensores del Albinegro's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dick Sundström was slow to take the kick. During this time Hooligans FC's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Cauan Tande managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 64 minutes into the match, Hooligans FC's goal looked a bit too open when Li Sha Yuan came free, but Melker Beckman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Melker Beckman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lorenzo Lluterio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cornelio Merexildo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jean Peixoto in the 75th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Egil Alebäck in the 77th minute of play forced Defensores del Albinegro's goalkeeper Cornelio Merexildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Hooligans FC defense, Maximo Aritza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Melker Beckman. The Hooligans FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Melker Beckman should have stopped the shot. In the 82nd minute, Boris Blom made a precise shot to the right of Cornelio Merexildo. Defensores del Albinegro's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Cornelio Merexildo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sten Ekblom in the 85th minute. In the 91st minute Li Sha Yuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Melker Beckman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Maximo Aritza in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Melker Beckman saved Hooligans FC from getting behind. The Defensores del Albinegro supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Hooligans FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Hooligans FC.