World League

CARLITOS BIANCHI
Spectators: 7651 (Terracing: 5740, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Isidoro Azevedo kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd match minute, El ABUELO FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Flaco Schiavi to maneuver through the defense. Kacper Koperski took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gaudencio Manny. Gaudencio Manny dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After 16 minutes of play, Salmiyah Power's Kacper Koperski made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gaudencio Manny was left in no man's land by his defense there! 21 minutes into the match, El ABUELO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lakhdar Guendouz came free, but Gaudencio Manny reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Isidoro Azevedos short, quick shot in the 22ndth minute got Hemza Derrida to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Gaudencio Manny came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by Salmiyah Power's Arsenio Claus. But to his dismay, Arsenio Claus quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. 40 minutes into the game, Lakhdar Guendouz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Gaudencio Manny was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Brahim Kerkar kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Hemza Derrida made an important save on a dangerous shot by Isidoro Azevedo in the 47th minute. In the 47th minute, Isidoro Azevedo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hemza Derrida. The goal made the score 1-6. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-6.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Arsenio Claus to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Lakhdar Guendouz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Salmiyah Power fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-7. The supporters of Salmiyah Power booed when El ABUELO FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Flaco Schiavi didn't get a good kick on the ball. 58 minutes into the match, Lakhdar Guendouz notched a goal, 1-8, to the right of El ABUELO FC's Gaudencio Manny. Gaudencio Manny was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 60 minutes into the match, Arsenio Claus had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gaudencio Manny. El ABUELO FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arsenio Claus was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-9. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arsenio Claus in the 64th minute of play forced El ABUELO FC's goalkeeper Gaudencio Manny to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 65 minutes of play, Salmiyah Power's Kacper Koperski made it 1-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gaudencio Manny was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gaudencio Manny made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kacper Koperski in the 69th minute of play. 69 minutes into the game, Kacper Koperski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-11. Gaudencio Manny was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Salmiyah Power made a substitution. Jeremias Ganix replaced Noureddine Adjani. Salmiyah Power's Alain Khaldi was substituted for Brahim Kerkar. In the 78th minute, Salmiyah Power's Kacper Koperski ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gaudencio Manny. Gaudencio Manny yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-12. Kacper Koperski scored 1-13 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gaudencio Manny, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lakhdar Guendouz succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-14 in the 85th playminute. Jose Raebert kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Arsenio Claus ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gaudencio Manny was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-16. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Kacper Koperski took a quick shot and it went in 1-17 without a chance for Gaudencio Manny to make any attempt to save it. When the match was over Salmiyah Power could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than El ABUELO FC throughout the match.