World League

Dalmai Feal
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pacho Mondejar started the match with the kick off. 9 minutes into the match, Salud y República's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Haglund came free, but Juan Carlos Suciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, Abdika Philip notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of JET-M's Nikifor Vekov. Nikifor Vekov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Juan Carlos Suciu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mark Bloom, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Abdika Philip got a fine position in front of goal ttaking advantage of the opportunity to rumble in 3-0 in the right cross in the 26th match minute before Nikifor Vekov had time to react. Juan Carlos Suciu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Haglund in the 28th minute of play. Salud y República's Juan Carlos Suciu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhuang Yi Chang in the 30th minute of play. The corner ended in Cai Ocaña almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but JET-M's Nikifor Vekov did a great save. After 34 minutes of play, JET-M's Ren Xi Liang made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Juan Carlos Suciu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Juan Carlos Suciu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mark Bloom went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Haglund in the 39th minute of play forced Salud y República's goalkeeper Juan Carlos Suciu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute, Zhuang Yi Chang ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Juan Carlos Suciu was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Naycho Palyov in the 44th minute of play forced Salud y República's goalkeeper Juan Carlos Suciu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abdika Philip received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nikifor Vekov came out and tried to block the shot, but Abdika Philip slotted it home off the left post making it 4-3 in the 46th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Juan Carlos Suciu made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Mark Bloom sent off a good shot on target. JET-M's Nikifor Vekov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdika Philip in the 60th minute of play. Nikifor Vekov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdika Philip in the 64th minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Salud y República's goalkeeper Juan Carlos Suciu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mark Bloom. Juan Carlos Suciu made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Mark Bloom sent off a good shot on target. 69 minutes into the match, Salud y República's Abdika Philip sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nikifor Vekov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 71st minute, JET-M's Zhuang Yi Chang dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-4. JET-M's Delyan Temelyotev was substituted for Bozhko Staevski. Juan Carlos Suciu made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Bertel Alsvik sent off a good shot on target. Mauricio Astudillo kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Nikifor Vekov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdika Philip, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Abdika Philip blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nikifor Vekov having to make a save. Nikifor Vekov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdika Philip, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the JET-M defense, Abdika Philip kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikifor Vekov. The JET-M fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikifor Vekov should have stopped the shot. 86 minutes into the game, Salud y República's Pacho Mondejar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nikifor Vekov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-4. When Pacho Mondejar fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Salud y República's protests and gave Pacho Mondejar a yellow card for diving instead. Pacho Mondejar kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Salud y República had won after a very even match.