World League

El Cobre
Spectators: 7728 (Terracing: 5797, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fu Han Qiang, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 5th minute Fu Han Qiang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cobresal's Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fu Han Qiang in the 11th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Andarilhos's Luís Espinosa got a free kick in the 13th minute. Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trifon Katsoulis in the 15th minute of play. Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trifon Katsoulis in the 17th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 18 minutes, Jon Oblak successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 21st minute, Fu Han Qiang ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trifon Katsoulis in the 24th minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Cobresal's goal looked a bit too open when Trifon Katsoulis came free, but Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Ramires, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 42 minutes into the match, Andarilhos's goal looked a bit too open when Dino Scapini came free, but Jon Oblak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fu Han Qiang sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gregorio Quintero could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Jon Oblak made a huge save.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gregorio Quintero to make the kick off. Andarilhos's Jon Oblak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaitano Valdovinos in the 51st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jürgen Behnke in the 52nd minute of play forced Cobresal's goalkeeper Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andarilhos's Jon Oblak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dino Scapini in the 54th minute of play. With a little luck, Cobresal's Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea got control of the ball when Fu Han Qiang tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jon Oblak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dino Scapini in the 62nd minute of play. Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fu Han Qiang in the 66th minute. 68 minutes into the match, Cobresal's goal looked a bit too open when Fu Han Qiang came free, but Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 68 played minutes Cobresal got a freekick which was hit by Danilo Diaz de Valdes. Cobresal's Kenny McCormick was substituted for Danilo Diaz de Valdes. A collision led to Cobresal getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Danilo Diaz de Valdes hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Trifon Katsoulis got free with Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Andarilhos booed when Cobresal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dino Scapini didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cobresal made a substitution. Andolín Duvauchelle replaced Gaitano Valdovinos. After 75 played minutes Cobresal got a freekick which was hit by Dino Scapini. In the 76th minute, Andarilhos's Fu Han Qiang ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea. Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. Thanks to some nice moves Fu Han Qiang could shoot a difficult shot in the 82nd minute, which Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea however easily saved by the left post. In the 82nd match minute, Cobresal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kenny McCormick to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute, Arneil Kurth hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Andrzej Zawaski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Horacio Jesus Urruticoechea was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. Jon Oblak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gregorio Quintero in the 94th minute of play. Andarilhos's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.