World League

El Monumental
Spectators: 7522 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) After 6 minutes of play, Acuña's Long Liang Wei made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcial Lordi was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Beltran in the 9th minute of play forced RIVER's goalkeeper Marcial Lordi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcial Lordi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Long Liang Wei, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Fidel Gora kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Marcial Lordi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Long Liang Wei in the 24th minute of the match. In the 25th minute Acuña were awarded a corner. Bruno Quintyn went to the cornerflag to take it. 30 minutes into the match, Acuña's goal looked a bit too open when Niki Lauda came free, but Gil Leme reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcial Lordi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 秦锋旭, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Eric Târban's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Gil Leme firmly grabbed it by the left post. A collision led to RIVER getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Marco Rudolfo hit a great ball. Marcelino Raposo hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. After 47 played minutes, Acuña's Bruno Quintyn shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marcial Lordi came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Acuña reached it. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Niki Lauda to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Niki Lauda in the 51st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gil Leme prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 57th minute, Marco Rudolfo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to RIVER getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Marco Rudolfo hit a great ball. Bruno Quintyn hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Niki Lauda's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gil Leme read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 61st minute of play. 63 minutes into the game, Niki Lauda was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. RIVER's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Acuña the free kick. In the 63rd minute, Niki Lauda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A sloppy throw-in by Bruno Quintyn in the 65th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by RIVER's Marco Rudolfo. Acuña's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bruno Quintyn in the 68th minute. 秦锋旭 did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-3 to the left of a surprised Marcial Lordi 71 minutes into the match. After 74 played minutes Acuña got a freekick which was hit by Moises Beltran. Acuña's Gil Leme played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pipo Benedetto in the 76th minute of play. RIVER's Marcial Lordi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Evis in the 78th minute of play. Marcial Lordi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 秦锋旭 in the 79th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, RIVER's Niki Lauda sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gil Leme narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 83 minutes into the match, RIVER's goal looked a bit too open when 秦锋旭 came free, but Marcial Lordi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcial Lordi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 秦锋旭 in the 85th minute of the match. RIVER made a substitution. Wu Li Zhi replaced Niki Lauda. After 88 minutes RIVER's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bruno Quintyn who took care of the corner kick. Acuña's Long Liang Wei was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marcial Lordi in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 88thth minute of the game Moises Beltran who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RIVER's Marcial Lordi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Long Liang Wei's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 90thth minute, Marcial Lordi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 95 minutes, Rosendo Osorio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RIVER and the Acuña players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by 秦锋旭 in the 96th minute of play forced RIVER's goalkeeper Marcial Lordi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Acuña's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.