World League

Del Barrio
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Road To Glory's Gugu de Mendonça 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. In the 3rd minute, Gugu de Mendonça left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Road To Glory fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After some careless play in the Road To Glory defense, Cosmin Donecea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ariel Venerando. The Road To Glory fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ariel Venerando should have stopped the shot. Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ragnar Åberg in the 10th minute of play. Ariel Venerando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gonzalo Maradona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gregorio Guillelmo kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Scrotum Kickers FC's Zbigniew Furlit got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Ragnar Åberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Scrotum Kickers FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Ragnar Åberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ariel Venerando breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Road To Glory getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Gao Xing Zhen hit a great ball. In the 30th minute, Gonzalo Maradona made a precise shot to the right of Ariel Venerando. Road To Glory's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonzalo Maradona in the 33rd minute of play. In the 36th minute, Gonzalo Maradona made a precise shot to the right of Ariel Venerando. Road To Glory's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. If Gonzalo Maradona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cosmin Donecea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ariel Venerando having to interfere. 47 minutes into the match, Road To Glory's goal looked a bit too open when Cosmin Donecea came free, but Ariel Venerando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The wind increased when Cosmin Donecea made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Gonzalo Maradona dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ariel Venerando, 1-5. Gugu de Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cosmin Donecea could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Ariel Venerando made a huge save. In the 64th minute, Road To Glory's Egon Markusson seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Egon Markusson the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Road To Glory protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Egon Markusson had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 64 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Road To Glory! Ariel Venerando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rudolf Gråberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leonardo Gaspard during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 71st minute, Leonardo Gaspard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Scrotum Kickers FC's zone, Gugu de Mendonça stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Per-Oskar Söderström came out of the goal and Gugu de Mendonça tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Rudolf Gråberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rudolf Gråberg's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ariel Venerando read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. At last the ball reached Cosmin Donecea at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Road To Glory. 1-7. Ariel Venerando made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cosmin Donecea in the 84th minute. Cosmin Donecea scored 1-8 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ariel Venerando, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 89 minutes into the match, Road To Glory's goalkeeper Ariel Venerando had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cosmin Donecea. After a rather tough play, Scrotum Kickers FC's Francesco Tacconelli got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 97th minute of the match, Cosmin Donecea tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ariel Venerando saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 98 minutes of play, Scrotum Kickers FC's Ragnar Åberg made it 1-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ariel Venerando was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match was over Scrotum Kickers FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Road To Glory throughout the match.