World League

El Monumental
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Niki Lauda started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Dionisio Guter might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcial Lordi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dionisio Guter ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 4th minute, Kang Ke Zhen 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. Eric Târban could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Dante Frascuelo made a huge save. Globalización's Francisco Ospin managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Marcelino Raposo in the 7 minute of the game. Marcial Lordi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dionisio Guter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Frascuelo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niki Lauda in the 14th minute of play. Dionisio Guter might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcial Lordi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dionisio Guter ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in Globalización's zone, Niki Lauda stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dante Frascuelo came out of the goal and Niki Lauda tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 21st minute, Dionisio Guter ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcial Lordi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Dante Frascuelo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Niki Lauda, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aurelian Vorniceanu during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 27 played minutes Globalización got a freekick which was hit by Aurelian Vorniceanu. In the 33rd minute Niki Lauda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Frascuelo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Frascuelo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eric Târban in the 35th minute of the match. If Feliks Pochorylo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. RIVER's Marcial Lordi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dionisio Guter in the 42nd minute of play. A collision led to RIVER getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Domingo Remigio hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niki Lauda in the 46th minute of play forced Globalización's goalkeeper Dante Frascuelo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half Globalización were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Globalización made a substitution. Edelmiro Reno replaced Alejandro Ascencio. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dionisio Guter to make the kick off. The supporters of RIVER booed when Globalización was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Francisco Ospin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dante Frascuelo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giovanni Lenhardt in the 56th minute of the match. Dante Frascuelo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niki Lauda in the 58th minute of the match. RIVER's Wu Li Zhi was substituted for Eric Târban. Artemio Urbasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dante Frascuelo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niki Lauda in the 68th minute of the match. Artemio Urbasa came free with the goalkeeper in the 74th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Marcial Lordi could save by the left post. RIVER made a substitution. Tobias Belmiro replaced Bruno Oxarra. Rosendo Osorio made in the 86th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Domingo Remigio however managed to control. After a rather tough play, RIVER's Rosendo Osorio got a free kick in the 92nd minute. After 93 played minutes RIVER got a freekick which was hit by Marco Rudolfo. Artemio Urbasas short, quick shot in the 97thth minute got Marcial Lordi to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When the match was over Globalización could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than RIVER throughout the match.