World League

Scevola Ritacco
Spectators: 8490 (Terracing: 6368, Seating: 1953, VIP seats: 169) An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Blomkvist in the 4th minute of play forced San Felice a Ema U.L.'s goalkeeper Bruno Antognoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Peter Blomkvist struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Bruno Antognoni didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥. Bruno Antognoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Blomkvist in the 9th minute of the match. In the 18th match minute, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timoteo Fiz to maneuver through the defense. San Felice a Ema U.L.'s Bruno Antognoni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Enekoitz in the 21st minute of play. Nicasio Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Björn Tingelholm in the 22nd minute of the match. Peter Blomkvist's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bruno Antognoni read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. If Samuel Nava had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Björn Tingelholm might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nicasio Abad. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Björn Tingelholm ran back to his position shaking his head. 36 minutes into the match, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goal looked a bit too open when Björn Tingelholm came free, but Nicasio Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peter Blomkvist scored 1-2 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bruno Antognoni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 46th minute, when Björn Tingelholm scored to the left of an out of position Nicasio Abad, making the score, 2-2. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ made a substitution. Cai Wei Xi replaced Peter Blomkvist. 58 minutes into the game, Gustavo Gomes threw the ball into play from the sideline. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Ahmet Demircioğlu quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Gökçe Yalazalp kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. A collision led to Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Gökçe Yalazalp hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anfilogino Arpaia in the 65th minute of play forced Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goalkeeper Nicasio Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The attack was good, but when Anfilogino Arpaia in the 65th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anfilogino Arpaia in the 69th minute of play. Nicasio Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elia Scarinci in the 74th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Berkan Tufan got a free kick in the 76th minute. Bruno Antognoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cai Wei Xi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cai Wei Xi in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bruno Antognoni saved San Felice a Ema U.L. from getting behind. Nicasio Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anfilogino Arpaia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nicasio Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elia Scarinci in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th match minute, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Samuel Nava to maneuver through the defense. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s William Lebigot was substituted for Joel Enekoitz. Samuel Nava hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anfilogino Arpaia in the 89th minute of play forced Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goalkeeper Nicasio Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gustavo Gomes was slow to take the kick. During this time San Felice a Ema U.L.'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Gustavo Gomes got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nicasio Abad quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Su Hui hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute, Herberto Ribas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Cai Wei Xi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Bruno Antognoni. That made the score 2-3 in the 95 minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.