World League

El Potrero
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Yaman Akar got the match started through his kick off. Teofilo Lastras showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Max Farr in the 5th minute of the match. 6 minutes into the match, Steaua Noes Potable's goal looked a bit too open when Yaman Akar came free, but Teofilo Lastras reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes into the game, GreenUnited's Max Farr nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Teofilo Lastras made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Yaman Akar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Teofilo Lastras tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Yaman Akar put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Teofilo Lastras. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yaman Akar in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Teofilo Lastras prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 20 minutes Steaua Noes Potable's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Dănilă who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Edward Chaniago managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 25th minute Yaman Akar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teofilo Lastras saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Yaman Akar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Teofilo Lastras was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After 27 minutes, Yaman Akar made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Steaua Noes Potable's Teofilo Lastras tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Yaman Akar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Teofilo Lastras was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Teofilo Lastras showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yaman Akar in the 33rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yaman Akar in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Teofilo Lastras prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Yaman Akar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Teofilo Lastras tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Teofilo Lastras showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yaman Akar, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Baltasar Emmanuel blasted a shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sebastián Torrico having to make a save. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The wind increased when Jose Eder made the kick off in the second half. Teofilo Lastras made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Max Stevens in the 56th minute of play. In the 57th match minute, Steaua Noes Potable was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tim Farley to maneuver through the defense. GreenUnited made a substitution. Joao Zuazo replaced Max Farr. Tim Farley kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by Steaua Noes Potable's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Dănilă was slow to take the kick. During this time GreenUnited's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on GreenUnited's corner Fertus Rigues fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Teofilo Lastras quite easily take care of the ball. With a little luck, Steaua Noes Potable's Teofilo Lastras got control of the ball when Joao Zuazo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Steaua Noes Potable's Teofilo Lastras played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Max Stevens in the 67th minute of play. In the 74th minute, GreenUnited's Max Stevens ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Teofilo Lastras. Teofilo Lastras yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-7. Steaua Noes Potable's Teofilo Lastras played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joao Zuazo in the 78th minute of play. Steaua Noes Potable's Teofilo Lastras proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Steaua Noes Potable from getting a goal against them. Teofilo Lastras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Max Stevens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Max Stevens in the 90th minute of play forced Steaua Noes Potable's goalkeeper Teofilo Lastras to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute, Angelo Txurio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Teofilo Lastras was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Max Stevens showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-9 in the 95 minute of play. GreenUnited played a much better game than Steaua Noes Potable and deserved their victory. The Steaua Noes Potable players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.