World League

EL NATIONAL
Spectators: 8588 (Terracing: 6442, Seating: 1975, VIP seats: 171) The mood of the audience was pleasant when William Westelinx made the kick off which started today's match. Ariel Leguizamón didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from William Westelinx went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. 7 minutes in the game Faudel Dagorne did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Hamza Yavaş. 18 minutes into the game, Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK's Arkın Öğüç nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rene Vereijt made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Ariel Leguizamón took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from William Westelinx, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK were awarded a corner. Gunnar Pettersson went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK's Rudolf Alkvist getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Arkın Öğüç might have been able to make a better finish in the 29th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rene Vereijt. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arkın Öğüç ran back to his position shaking his head. Rene Vereijt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkın Öğüç, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Arkın Öğüç scored 2-2 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rene Vereijt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the FC Ouagadougou National defense, Nicholas Bokvist kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rene Vereijt. The FC Ouagadougou National fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rene Vereijt should have stopped the shot. 41 minutes into the match, William Westelinx notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK's Ariel Leguizamón. Ariel Leguizamón was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 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 4-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arkın Öğüç was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that William Westelinx's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ariel Leguizamón was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. William Westelinx's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ariel Leguizamón read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 56th minute of play. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Riemer Ax was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Ouagadougou National's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK's goalie and right to Paolo Evis. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Rene Vereijt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joakim Forss in the 60th minute of the match. After 61 minutes FC Ouagadougou National's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gunnar Pettersson who took care of the corner kick. In the 63rd minute, Joakim Forss reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rene Vereijt. The goal made the score 4-4. Ivan Turina´s ☆ Väddö AIK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gunnar Pettersson in the 72nd minute. The corner ended in Gunnar Pettersson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Ouagadougou National's Rene Vereijt did a great save. Rene Vereijt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joakim Forss, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82nd minute William Westelinx shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Leguizamón saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Ouagadougou National's Rene Vereijt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joakim Forss in the 86th minute of play. If Joakim Forss had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice moves Joakim Forss could shoot a difficult shot in the 88th minute, which Rene Vereijt however easily saved by the left post. Ariel Leguizamón took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from William Westelinx, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sergen Şahbender hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Sergen Şahbender hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.