World League

Balbuena Arena
Spectators: 7623 (Terracing: 5718, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Flavian Garcon started the match with the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Blažej Blazejowski got free with Sofyane Valognes in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 9 minutes of play, Real Ayuntamiento CF's Feliberto Distiratsu made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sofyane Valognes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sofyane Valognes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damazy Tomaszewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Martial Hess charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Martial Hess the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 15 played minutes Rathmore Lime Tree got a freekick which was hit by Martial Hess. Sofyane Valognes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damazy Tomaszewski in the 16th minute of the match. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rathmore Lime Tree's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Blažej Blazejowski was slow to take the kick. During this time Real Ayuntamiento CF's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Real Ayuntamiento CF's Zhuang Sang Liang to fire away a dangerous shot which Sofyane Valognes despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. With his leg Sofyane Valognes managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when Real Ayuntamiento CF's Damazy Tomaszewski fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 21st minute, Feliberto Distiratsu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Real Ayuntamiento CF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Blažej Blazejowskis short, quick shot in the 24thth minute got Sofyane Valognes to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Sofyane Valognes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pedro Cucao in the 31st minute. After some careless play in the Rathmore Lime Tree defense, Damazy Tomaszewski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sofyane Valognes. The Rathmore Lime Tree fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sofyane Valognes should have stopped the shot. 37 minutes into the match, Real Ayuntamiento CF's goal looked a bit too open when Flavian Garcon came free, but Ritchie Stansfield reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Rathmore Lime Tree defense, Pedro Cucao kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sofyane Valognes. The Rathmore Lime Tree fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sofyane Valognes should have stopped the shot. In the 45th minute, Pedro Cucao ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sofyane Valognes was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 7-0 at half-time.

After 51 minutes of play, Real Ayuntamiento CF's Blažej Blazejowski made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sofyane Valognes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sofyane Valognes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damazy Tomaszewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. 62 minutes into the match, Rathmore Lime Tree's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Cucao came free, but Sofyane Valognes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Real Ayuntamiento CF getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Pedro Cucao hit a great ball. Damazy Tomaszewski took the ball and in the 70 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sofyane Valognes. Sofyane Valognes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-0. Real Ayuntamiento CF made a substitution. Dariusz Szpakowski replaced Feliberto Distiratsu. After 75 minutes of play, Real Ayuntamiento CF's Faustino Frichoso made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sofyane Valognes was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 80thth minute of the game Faustino Frichoso who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rathmore Lime Tree's Sofyane Valognes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ritchie Stansfield took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hervé Annette, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes into the game, Damazy Tomaszewski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 12-0. Sofyane Valognes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Damazy Tomaszewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 94th minute, Benoît Lamarre hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. There was no doubt that Real Ayuntamiento CF were the better team. Real Ayuntamiento CF's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.