World League

Chorroarín Arena
Spectators: 7841 (Terracing: 5882, Seating: 1803, VIP seats: 156) Chorroarín's Guillermo Mitxaut 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. Gastres FC's Geronimo Ongile proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Gastres FC from getting a goal against them. Leonides Leheren stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Calistrat Geangu's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chorroarín's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Benjamin Neto was slow to take the kick. During this time Gastres FC's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Calistrat Geangu managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 10 minutes into the match, Chorroarín's goal looked a bit too open when Teobaldo Belmiro came free, but Leonides Leheren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match clock showed 12 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Calistrat Geangu sped through Chorroarín's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Leonides Leheren. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teobaldo Belmiro in the 16th minute of play forced Chorroarín's goalkeeper Leonides Leheren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 18 minutes into the game, Teobaldo Belmiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Leonides Leheren was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Leonides Leheren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin Neto in the 20th minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Calistrat Geangu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gastres FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 31 minutes into the match, Chorroarín's goal looked a bit too open when Teobaldo Belmiro came free, but Leonides Leheren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Calistrat Geangu took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Leonides Leheren. Leonides Leheren dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Gastres FC's Calistrat Geangu got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Teobaldo Belmiro might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leonides Leheren. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Teobaldo Belmiro ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guillermo Mitxaut in the 44th minute of play forced Gastres FC's goalkeeper Geronimo Ongile to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonides Leheren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Calistrat Geangu, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Teobaldo Belmiro made the kick off in the second half. Eddy Ginanjar made in the 51st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Zacarias Claus however managed to control. Leonides Leheren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Calistrat Geangu in the 58th minute of play. Leonides Leheren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Calistrat Geangu in the 59th minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, Gastres FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gilberto Oso came free, but Geronimo Ongile reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gilberto Oso took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Geronimo Ongile. Geronimo Ongile dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. Gastres FC made a substitution. Göran Nyström replaced Feliberto Cuarto. Chorroarín's Timoteo Arotza was substituted for Guillermo Mitxaut. Leonides Leheren made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Benjamin Neto sent off a good shot on target. Gastres FC's Geronimo Ongile played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolas Betadur in the 72nd minute of play. In the 77th minute, Timoteo Arotza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 84th minute Timoteo Arotza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geronimo Ongile saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Chorroarín booed when Gastres FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zacarias Claus didn't get a good kick on the ball. Timoteo Arotza scored 2-4 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Geronimo Ongile, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the final whistle sounded Gastres FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Chorroarín.