World League

Coliseo Verdolaga
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Cordero Jesus started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 7th minute, one of VERDOLAGA CITY FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for VERDOLAGA CITY FC. The referee gave La Mandarina Mecánica a penalty, 8 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by John Abancens, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Barbaros Bozbey. 0-1. Barbaros Bozbey stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lucas-James Langoni's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. 23 minutes into the match, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lucas-James Langoni came free, but Barbaros Bozbey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute, Luken Abad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Naike Abalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xove Pintor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Fabian Brinker got a free kick in the 30th minute. Barbaros Bozbey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucas-James Langoni, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Barbaros Bozbey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas-James Langoni in the 36th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Fjölnir Bergsson notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Barbaros Bozbey. Barbaros Bozbey was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lucas-James Langoni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lucas-James Langoni to strike the kick off in the second half. Naike Abalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cordero Jesus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 54 minutes into the match, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Eusebio Ecija sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Naike Abalos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Naike Abalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cordero Jesus in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 68th minute Eusebio Ecija shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Naike Abalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th match minute, La Mandarina Mecánica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fjölnir Bergsson to maneuver through the defense. VERDOLAGA CITY FC made a substitution. Xande Cavani replaced Cordero Jesus. In the 70th minute, Fjölnir Bergsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 72ndth minute of the game Xande Cavani who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Mandarina Mecánica's Naike Abalos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Naike Abalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oriche Isazi in the 78th minute of the match. Naike Abalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xove Pintor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Naike Abalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xande Cavani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Eusebio Ecija had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. La Mandarina Mecánica made a substitution. Rojelio Abeijon replaced Andrzej Dziedziak. In the 92nd minute, Elias Leimann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Xande Cavani scored 1-2 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Naike Abalos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The La Mandarina Mecánica players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.