World League

12 de Octubre
Spectators: 7277 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 50) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adán Palacios got the match started through his kick off. After 3 played minutes Atlético Unión Florida got a freekick which was hit by Saverio Atarratze. With his leg Fernando Ballesteros managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when Atlético Unión Florida's Marteinn Palermo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 9th minute Pastor Azibar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Ballesteros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Real Armal F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 11th minute, when Pastor Azibar scored to the left of an out of position Fernando Ballesteros, making the score, 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Real Armal F.C.'s zone, Alexis Roussounelos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fernando Ballesteros came out of the goal and Alexis Roussounelos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 22nd minute Venancio Musko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Ballesteros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Pastor Azibar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fernando Ballesteros was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Fernando Ballesteros made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Marteinn Palermo sent off a good shot on target. Atlético Unión Florida's Marteinn Palermo was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 28th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After 32 minutes, Marteinn Palermo made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Real Armal F.C.'s Fernando Ballesteros tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Pastor Azibar in the 35thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Fernando Ballesteros, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Pastor Azibar succeeded in the game's 36th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luis Rajoi during the 38th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Luis Rajoi hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Real Armal F.C.'s Fernando Ballesteros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pastor Azibar in the 42nd minute of play. Fernando Ballesteros didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Atlético Unión Florida's Pastor Azibar shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 5-0 in the ordered_time% minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pastor Azibar to strike the kick off in the second half. With 52 minutes on the clock, Serapio Baños commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 52 minutes into the game, one of Real Armal F.C.:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Venancio Musko scored 7-0 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fernando Ballesteros, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 59 minutes into the game, Atlético Unión Florida's Marteinn Palermo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fernando Ballesteros made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pastor Azibar in the 63rd minute of play forced Real Armal F.C.'s goalkeeper Fernando Ballesteros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 70th play minutes Pastor Azibar shot 10-0, a short shot which went by Fernando Ballesteros and just under the crossbar into goal. Fernando Ballesteros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Narciso Rufo in the 76th minute of the match. Narciso Rufo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Ballesteros having to interfere. Fernando Ballesteros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pastor Azibar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Real Armal F.C. defense, Narciso Rufo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fernando Ballesteros. The Real Armal F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fernando Ballesteros should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Real Armal F.C.'s Cordairo Garay got a free kick in the 88th minute. In the 91stth minute of the game Pastor Azibar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Real Armal F.C.'s Fernando Ballesteros was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. There was no doubt that Atlético Unión Florida were the better team. Atlético Unión Florida's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.