World League

Eristoff Memorial
Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5641, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Javier Milei took the kick off in the first half of the match. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Aurelio Nafarroa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erik Véber in the 6th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paul Geeraerts in the 11th minute of play forced ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s goalkeeper Aurelio Nafarroa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aurelio Nafarroa was out of position in the 12 minute of play, and Paul Geeraerts capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Paul Geeraerts really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Javier Milei managed to get in a good position for a shot. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s supporters rose to their feet, but Javier Milei was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Generoso Beloki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 20 minutes into the match, Vodka Stars 1949's goal looked a bit too open when Javier Milei came free, but Generoso Beloki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aurelio Nafarroa came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Vodka Stars 1949's Remir Martínez. But to his dismay, Remir Martínez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Curcio Alonso put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Aurelio Nafarroa. In the 28th minute, Casado Castan fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 36th play minute Curcio Alonso came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Aurelio Nafarroa. 6-0. The throw-in from Edmundo London in the 40th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Maximino Urtats. In the 42nd minute, Benjamin Grabiel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vodka Stars 1949's Curcio Alonso got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Aurelio Nafarroa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Curcio Alonso in the 47th minute of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Curcio Alonso to strike the kick off in the second half. Aurelio Nafarroa came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Vodka Stars 1949's Curcio Alonso. But to his dismay, Curcio Alonso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. 55 minutes into the game, Curcio Alonso cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Aurelio Nafarroa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 60 minutes into the match, Lucas Montaña had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aurelio Nafarroa. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lucas Montaña was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. Aurelio Nafarroa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paul Geeraerts, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Aurelio Nafarroa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Batalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Romulo Gauargi's late challenge caught a Vodka Stars 1949's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Romulo Gauargi helped the player get up and apologised. Romulo Gauargi hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. 10-0 became the score in the 75th minute when Curcio Alonso elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Aurelio Nafarroa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Curcio Alonso in the 79th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Montaña in the 81st minute of play forced ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s goalkeeper Aurelio Nafarroa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aurelio Nafarroa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paul Geeraerts in the 83rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ defense, Curcio Alonso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aurelio Nafarroa. The ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aurelio Nafarroa should have stopped the shot. 88 minutes into the game, Vodka Stars 1949's Paul Geeraerts nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aurelio Nafarroa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 12-0. In the 92nd minute, Remir Martínez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aurelio Nafarroa was frozen by the shot and now it was 13-0. Edmundo London kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. After 96 minutes, Javier Milei mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ and the Vodka Stars 1949 players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Vodka Stars 1949 booed when ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Javier Milei didn't get a good kick on the ball.