World League

Harkujärve Arena
Spectators: 7720 (Terracing: 5791, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Paulino Lamberto made the kick off which started today's match. With a little luck, San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax got control of the ball when Waldemar Zalipski tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 17th match minute, Harkujärve JK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Siim Vainola to maneuver through the defense. Anastasio Amesti recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Waldemar Zalipski got free with Cecilio Jax in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cecilio Jax was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Waldemar Zalipski showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 31 minute of play. A throw-in in the 41st minute of the game was made by Anastasio Amesti with Effiong Adebiyi as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bastian Schweinsteiger in the 45th minute of play forced San Martin de Tucuman's goalkeeper Cecilio Jax to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Waldemar Zalipski made a kick off. After 52 played minutes Harkujärve JK got a freekick which was hit by Bastian Schweinsteiger. Odin Son made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Paulino Lamberto sent off a good shot on target. San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bastian Schweinsteiger in the 56th minute of play. Harkujärve JK's Yao Chao Qian was substituted for Carcelén Vicente. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulino Lamberto in the 60th minute of play forced Harkujärve JK's goalkeeper Odin Son to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bartolo Harkaitz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cecilio Jax showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bastian Schweinsteiger in the 66th minute of the match. If Bartolo Harkaitz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Harkujärve JK's Ture Waller got a free kick in the 71st minute. With a little luck, Harkujärve JK's Odin Son got control of the ball when Paulino Lamberto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Odin Son took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ubaldo Veto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cecilio Jax showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bastian Schweinsteiger, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 81stth minute of the game Yao Chao Qian who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 81 minutes, Yao Chao Qian made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 85 minutes into the match, Paulino Lamberto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Odin Son. Harkujärve JK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paulino Lamberto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Cecilio Jax showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yao Chao Qian, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Eimar Kraut took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cecilio Jax. Cecilio Jax dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. In the 97th minute, San Martin de Tucuman's Marcial Munio ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Odin Son. Odin Son yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-3. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.