World League

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bartolo Bachicabo took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Balotelli in the 3rd minute of play forced Oylimpiamos Ψ's goalkeeper Koen Rijmenams to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Balotelli in the 3rd minute of play forced Oylimpiamos Ψ's goalkeeper Koen Rijmenams to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes into the match, AFC Viola Gigliati's goal looked a bit too open when Robustiano Peruanton came free, but Ralondo Barboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ralondo Barboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robustiano Peruanton in the 11th minute of play. Robustiano Peruanton scored 0-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ralondo Barboa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Oylimpiamos Ψ's Fortun Corrillos in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AFC Viola Gigliati's goalie prevented a goal. Oylimpiamos Ψ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rik Quexada in the 15th minute. Ralondo Barboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bartolo Bachicabo in the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Bartolo Bachicabo made a precise shot to the right of Ralondo Barboa. AFC Viola Gigliati's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Oylimpiamos Ψ's Robustiano Peruanton got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Robustiano Peruanton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 30 minutes into the match, AFC Viola Gigliati's goal looked a bit too open when Fortun Corrillos came free, but Ralondo Barboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st match minute, AFC Viola Gigliati was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enrico Cicero to maneuver through the defense. Ralondo Barboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bartolo Bachicabo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 35 played minutes AFC Viola Gigliati got a freekick which was hit by Enrico Cicero. After having played for 40 minutes, Bartolo Bachicabo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Oylimpiamos Ψ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bartolo Bachicabo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ralondo Barboa came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Oylimpiamos Ψ's Fortun Corrillos. But to his dismay, Fortun Corrillos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

AFC Viola Gigliati's Ilazki Esquivel got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Enrico Cicero came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the AFC Viola Gigliati fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Enrico Cicero couldn't finish the play. In the 55thth minute of the game Fortun Corrillos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AFC Viola Gigliati's Ralondo Barboa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ralondo Barboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robustiano Peruanton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 68 minutes into the match, AFC Viola Gigliati's goalkeeper Ralondo Barboa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bartolo Bachicabo. When Oylimpiamos Ψ's Fortun Corrillos in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AFC Viola Gigliati's goalie prevented a goal. In the 69th minute, Enrico Cicero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. AFC Viola Gigliati's Pacifico Villazan was substituted for Guillermo Barzana. AFC Viola Gigliati made a substitution. Dunixi Bueno replaced Frutos Sator. Oylimpiamos Ψ made a substitution. Gregory Neila replaced Fortun Corrillos. AFC Viola Gigliati made a substitution. Sun Qiang Xiang replaced Elorri Palmer. After a rather tough play, AFC Viola Gigliati's Etxahun Domao got a free kick in the 80th minute. After 86 played minutes Oylimpiamos Ψ got a freekick which was hit by Kiko Pirani. Oylimpiamos Ψ's Kiko Pirani got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Gregory Neila's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ralondo Barboa was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. A collision led to AFC Viola Gigliati getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Enrico Cicero hit a great ball. Oylimpiamos Ψ'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.