World League

Mas Nou
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Henric Villaquiran started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Edgard de Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaskon Gimeno, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. 7 minutes into the match, Montesclarense E.C.'s goalkeeper Edgard de Almeida had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Henric Villaquiran. Paulão Medeiros's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Naldo Roig read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. Edgard de Almeida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henric Villaquiran in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th match minute, Montesclarense E.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilson do Nascimento to maneuver through the defense. In the 12th minute Henric Villaquiran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgard de Almeida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th minute, Picanya FC's Henric Villaquiran dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After a rather tough play, Picanya FC's Gregory Bermejo got a free kick in the 25th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulão Medeiros in the 31st minute of play forced Picanya FC's goalkeeper Naldo Roig to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Montesclarense E.C.'s Durval Tinoco got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gaskon Gimeno in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Edgard de Almeida prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Wilson do Nascimento sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcos Eger sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Eger in the 40th minute of play forced Picanya FC's goalkeeper Naldo Roig to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edgard de Almeida made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gaskon Gimeno in the 46th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Paulão Medeiros made a kick off. Edgard de Almeida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henric Villaquiran in the 52nd minute of play. In the 54th match minute, Montesclarense E.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilson do Nascimento to maneuver through the defense. Edgard de Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaskon Gimeno, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 58th minute, Gaskon Gimeno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edgard de Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaskon Gimeno in the 65th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Montesclarense E.C. defense, Henric Villaquiran kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edgard de Almeida. The Montesclarense E.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edgard de Almeida should have stopped the shot. Naldo Roig made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Wilson do Nascimento sent off a good shot on target. In the 80th minute, André Luís Schmidt ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Naldo Roig was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Edgard de Almeida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaskon Gimeno in the 83rd minute of play. Naldo Roig made an important save on a dangerous shot by André Luís Schmidt in the 85th minute. In the 87th minute, Joaquim Koehler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Henric Villaquiran was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 88th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. A collision led to Picanya FC getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Ugaitz Silva hit a great ball. 92 minutes into the match, André Luís Schmidt had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Naldo Roig. Picanya FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that André Luís Schmidt was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Picanya FC's Jonathan Reina was substituted for Henric Villaquiran. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.