World League

ALFORNELOS ARENA
Spectators: 7701 (Terracing: 5777, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Abeluse Flow's Arsenio Bide started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Through an outstanding action, after 3 minutes, Nacho Molina successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Memphis Depay kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. After 5th play minutes Arsenio Bide shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Dário Veríssimo and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 8th minute, Jimeno Salazar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC booed when Abeluse Flow was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Augustijn Rutten didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fazıl Korkutalp in the 11th minute of play forced Abeluse Flow's goalkeeper Nacho Molina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute Bóas Bolas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nacho Molina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dário Veríssimo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan-Erik Vestberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 20 minutes into the match, ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jan-Erik Vestberg came free, but Dário Veríssimo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dário Veríssimo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan-Erik Vestberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dário Veríssimo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jan-Erik Vestberg's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. 25 minutes into the game, Jan-Erik Vestberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Dário Veríssimo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A sloppy throw-in by Ali Brahem in the 31st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Abeluse Flow's Tolino Griful. Nacho Molina showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bóas Bolas in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 34th minute Arsenio Bide shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dário Veríssimo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abeluse Flow's Nacho Molina played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bóas Bolas in the 42nd minute of play. 45 minutes into the match, ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's goal looked a bit too open when Arsenio Bide came free, but Dário Veríssimo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nacho Molina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bóas Bolas in the 47th minute of play. The ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Abeluse Flow were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frederico Salazar to make the kick off. The referee felt a red card was in order, 53 minutes into the game, when Tolino Griful put in a rough tackle. After a rather tough play, Abeluse Flow's Tolino Griful got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the 55th minute Fazıl Korkutalp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nacho Molina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 60 minutes, Bóas Bolas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bóas Bolas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Abeluse Flow made a substitution. Justo Zubicueta replaced Jan-Erik Vestberg. Abeluse Flow made a substitution. Julio Barroso replaced Arsenio Bide. 66 minutes into the match, Abeluse Flow's goal looked a bit too open when Bóas Bolas came free, but Nacho Molina reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's Ali Brahem got a free kick in the 67th minute. In the 68th minute, Ali Brahem hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dário Veríssimo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Julio Barroso in the 69th minute. In the 70thth minute of the game Fazıl Korkutalp who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Abeluse Flow's Nacho Molina was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 76 played minutes Abeluse Flow got a freekick which was hit by Jimeno Salazar. When Julio Barroso came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Abeluse Flow fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Julio Barroso couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vinícius Junior in the 82nd minute of play forced Abeluse Flow's goalkeeper Nacho Molina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Julio Barroso got free with Dário Veríssimo in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dário Veríssimo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julio Barroso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dário Veríssimo made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Julio Barroso sent off a good shot on target. Nacho Molina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frederico Salazar, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. In the 95th minute Frederico Salazar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nacho Molina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Abeluse Flow's performance. The match ended with a win for Abeluse Flow.