World League

Nueva Roma
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Lengua de Lobo's Aldo Felipo 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. Christijan Schreuder's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Edgardo Patxi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. Verwachting's Herbert Hilhorst proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Verwachting from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Verwachting getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Oliver van Kampen hit a great ball. Herbert Hilhorst was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Emanuel Quintan. Twan Hesseling sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Twan Hesseling sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adriaan Kuypers hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 31st minute of the game Rosendo Tono made a throw-in which Patryk Dubilas played forward. Lengua de Lobo's Aldo Felipo got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Blas Herauso could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Herbert Hilhorst made a huge save. 44 minutes into the match, Verwachting's goalkeeper Herbert Hilhorst had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aldo Felipo. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Twan Hesseling stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Twan Hesseling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgardo Patxi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th minute Verwachting were awarded a corner. Adriaan Kuypers went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Verwachting's corner Twan Hesseling fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Edgardo Patxi quite easily take care of the ball. Edgardo Patxi made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Twan Hesseling sent off a good shot on target. Edgardo Patxi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Twan Hesseling in the 60th minute of play. Herbert Hilhorst took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patryk Dubilas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A throw-in in the 70th minute of the game was made by Jaime Nayely with Patryk Dubilas as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Herbert Hilhorst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aldo Felipo in the 71st minute of the match. A collision led to Verwachting getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Oliver van Kampen hit a great ball. Lengua de Lobo made a substitution. Armando Buinton replaced Rosendo Tono. In the 74th minute, Oliver van Kampen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute, Aldo Felipo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Huib Staarman hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Twan Hesseling had several of the Lengua de Lobo's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 85 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-1 score and a disappointed Edgardo Patxi as he didn't even see the shot coming. A collision led to Lengua de Lobo getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Ljubo Roginek hit a great ball. In the 89th minute, Adriaan Kuypers got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 94 minutes into the game, Emanuel Quintan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lengua de Lobo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Verwachting the free kick. After 94 played minutes Lengua de Lobo got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Quintan. The Lengua de Lobo supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Verwachting's performance. The match ended with a win for Verwachting.