World League

El Gallinero
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Carmelo Vachon started the match with the kick off. Natalio Bieito hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Jose Vimaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gianluca Balla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Natalio Bieito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 7thth minute of the game Natalio Bieito who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hamburg Fighters's Gustaw Fafinski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Natalio Bieito put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Gustaw Fafinski. Jose Vimaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gianni Balla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Shpëtim Kume's late challenge caught a Hamburg Fighters's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Shpëtim Kume helped the player get up and apologised. In the 17th match minute, La Maquina 9-12-18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shpëtim Kume to maneuver through the defense. After 18 played minutes, Hamburg Fighters's Gianni Balla shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jose Vimaro came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Hamburg Fighters reached it. Jose Vimaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianni Balla in the 26th minute of play. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by La Maquina 9-12-18's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gianni Balla was slow to take the kick. During this time Hamburg Fighters's players had a chance to rest. Gustaw Fafinski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Natalio Bieito, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Gustaw Fafinski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Natalio Bieito in the 33rd minute. In the 35th minute of the match La Maquina 9-12-18 got a corner. Hamburg Fighters's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dario Gelacio ran over to the corner to take the kick. Hamburg Fighters's Gustaw Fafinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carmelo Vachon in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd match minute, Hamburg Fighters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tjard Dudek to maneuver through the defense. In the 44th minute, Natalio Bieito got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Hamburg Fighters's Gustaw Fafinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Natalio Bieito in the 46th minute of play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Gianni Balla made the kick off in the second half. Jose Vimaro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gianluca Balla in the 52nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmelo Vachon in the 55th minute of play forced Hamburg Fighters's goalkeeper Gustaw Fafinski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Hamburg Fighters's goal looked a bit too open when Natalio Bieito came free, but Gustaw Fafinski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gianni Balla got free with Jose Vimaro in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, La Maquina 9-12-18's Jose Vimaro got control of the ball when Gianluca Balla tried to sneak it across the goal line. La Maquina 9-12-18's Victor Korthsen managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Tjard Dudek in the 62 minute of the game. Gustaw Fafinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Natalio Bieito in the 64th minute of play. Dinu Bocu came free with the goalkeeper in the 66th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Jose Vimaro could save by the left post. In the 68th minute Gianni Balla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jose Vimaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Hamburg Fighters booed when La Maquina 9-12-18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bastien Domenge didn't get a good kick on the ball. 73 minutes into the match, La Maquina 9-12-18's goalkeeper Jose Vimaro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dinu Bocu. La Maquina 9-12-18's Jose Vimaro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save La Maquina 9-12-18 from getting a goal against them. After 75 played minutes La Maquina 9-12-18 got a freekick which was hit by Fredrik Moberg. Gianluca Balla's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jose Vimaro firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 84th minute, Gianni Balla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hamburg Fighters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After 87 minutes, Gianni Balla made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. La Maquina 9-12-18's Jose Vimaro tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Hamburg Fighters's Gustaw Fafinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dario Gelacio in the 93rd minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, La Maquina 9-12-18's goalkeeper Jose Vimaro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dinu Bocu.