World League

Aaron Jerrald
Spectators: 7804 (Terracing: 5854, Seating: 1795, VIP seats: 155) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Oliver Bierhoff made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute Oliver Bierhoff shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Soriano Espiñeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Navalito's Soriano Espiñeira got control of the ball when Lu Bin Yuan tried to sneak it across the goal line. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Los Delfines's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carlos Gustavo Caicedo was slow to take the kick. During this time Navalito's players had a chance to rest. Carlos Gustavo Caicedo made a great header on Navalito's corner, it was just that Los Delfines's Matías Patrone managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 11th match minute, Los Delfines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raimundo Goyo to maneuver through the defense. After 12 played minutes, Navalito's Carlos Gustavo Caicedo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Matías Patrone 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 Navalito reached it. In the 17th minute Oliver Bierhoff shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Soriano Espiñeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Los Delfines's Matías Patrone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isidoro Young in the 28th minute of play. Soriano Espiñeira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oliver Bierhoff, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lu Bin Yuan in the 36th minute of play forced Navalito's goalkeeper Soriano Espiñeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Los Delfines were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after Navalito's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. José Luis Brown took the corner. In the 42nd minute Lu Bin Yuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Soriano Espiñeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 43rd minute Isidoro Young shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matías Patrone saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matías Patrone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Gustavo Caicedo in the 46th minute of the match.

Matías Patrone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Gustavo Caicedo in the 51st minute of the match. Oliver Bierhoff's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Soriano Espiñeira read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. Matías Patrone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Clemente Esquerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matías Patrone made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Clemente Esquerra sent off a good shot on target. Through an outstanding action, after 63 minutes, Matías Patrone successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some careless play in the Los Delfines defense, Isidoro Young kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Matías Patrone. The Los Delfines fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Matías Patrone should have stopped the shot. Los Delfines's Hector Abadia was substituted for Lu Bin Yuan. Navalito made a substitution. Nicanor Parra replaced Clemente Esquerra. Soriano Espiñeira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zachary Pliszka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zachary Pliszka might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Soriano Espiñeira. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zachary Pliszka ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 78th match minute, Navalito was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulo Pinhal to maneuver through the defense. Soriano Espiñeira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zachary Pliszka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Los Delfines's Zachary Pliszka in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Navalito's goalie prevented a goal.