World League

Ramon Ferran
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Andres Cabezon started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Gwidon Dubilas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardino Serapio in the 3rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Otsoko Balmaceda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gil Leme was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. The corner ended in Norbert Kolacki almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Acuña's Gil Leme did a great save. Bernardino Serapio took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gwidon Dubilas. Gwidon Dubilas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. A sloppy throw-in by Tristan Brabant in the 16th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Lech Max's Ralph Dolby. Gil Leme didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jan Gacki went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Lech Max's Otsoko Balmaceda got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 22 minutes into the match, Lech Max's goal looked a bit too open when Long Liang Wei came free, but Gwidon Dubilas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 24 played minutes Lech Max got a freekick which was hit by Nestor Rogel. In the 31st minute, Acuña's Bernardino Serapio ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gwidon Dubilas. Gwidon Dubilas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jan Gacki in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gil Leme saved Acuña from getting behind. Lech Max's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Norbert Kolacki in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Norbert Kolacki in the 38th minute of play forced Acuña's goalkeeper Gil Leme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 43 minutes, Bartolo Jerold mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Acuña and the Lech Max players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 42nd minute, one of Acuña:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Acuña. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jan Gacki to strike the kick off in the second half. Gil Leme was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jan Gacki showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-3 in the 51 minute of play. Gil Leme stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jan Gacki's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. Gil Leme made an important save on a dangerous shot by Norbert Kolacki in the 61st minute. Acuña's Gil Leme played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Gacki in the 64th minute of play. Sinan Şiraz came free with the goalkeeper in the 66th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Gil Leme could save by the left post. The corner led Lech Max's Kapaneus Panayiotopoulos to fire away a dangerous shot which Gil Leme despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Acuña's goalkeeper Gil Leme had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jan Gacki. In the 77th minute, Kapaneus Panayiotopoulos fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Gil Leme, passed just outside the right post. Bruno Quintyn hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Jan Gacki managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lech Max's supporters rose to their feet, but Jan Gacki was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gil Leme breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 81 minutes into the match, Acuña's goalkeeper Gil Leme had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jan Gacki. Jan Gacki's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Gil Leme firmly grabbed it by the left post. Jan Gacki might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gil Leme. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jan Gacki ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Acuña's Gil Leme got control of the ball when Jan Gacki tried to sneak it across the goal line. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.