World League

Camp de Mestalla
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Charles Teuma Castelletti started the match with the kick off. Valencia C.F.'s Jerry Lodge played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charles Teuma Castelletti in the 5th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joe Herring in the 8th minute of play forced Cuervos AFC's goalkeeper Evaristo Roldan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 12 played minutes Valencia C.F. got a freekick which was hit by 冯剑昆. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Joe Herring managed to get in a good position for a shot. Valencia C.F.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Joe Herring was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Evaristo Roldan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Yuan Wei Han received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Evaristo Roldan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jerry Lodge showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Charles Teuma Castelletti, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Joe Herring had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Evaristo Roldan. Cuervos AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joe Herring was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Jerry Lodge took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charles Teuma Castelletti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Cuervos AFC's goalkeeper Evaristo Roldan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 34th minute Joe Herring shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evaristo Roldan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valencia C.F.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Guillermo Farré in the 36th minute. A nice corner shot did that Guillermo Farré got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Evaristo Roldan quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jerry Lodge showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Charles Teuma Castelletti in the 40th minute of the match. 42 minutes into the match, Cuervos AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Joe Herring came free, but Evaristo Roldan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Evaristo Roldan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joe Herring in the 43rd minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joe Herring stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Valencia C.F.'s Oliver Bean quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Tymoteusz Sroki, made in the 51st minute of the game. Evaristo Roldan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joe Herring went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Joe Herring's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Evaristo Roldan was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. 60 minutes into the match, Joe Herring notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Cuervos AFC's Evaristo Roldan. Evaristo Roldan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cuervos AFC's goalkeeper Evaristo Roldan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 65 minutes Cuervos AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Guillermo Farré who took care of the corner kick. Oliver Bean hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Cuervos AFC's Teofilo Gorka was substituted for Charles Teuma Castelletti. After a rather tough play, Valencia C.F.'s Oliver Bean got a free kick in the 71st minute. Joe Herring sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Evaristo Roldan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joe Herring in the 75th minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, Valencia C.F.'s goalkeeper Jerry Lodge had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Teofilo Gorka. With a little luck, Valencia C.F.'s Jerry Lodge got control of the ball when Teofilo Gorka tried to sneak it across the goal line. Joe Herring recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Teofilo Gorka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Evaristo Roldan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joe Herring in the 90th minute of play. After 93 minutes of play, Cuervos AFC's Teofilo Gorka made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jerry Lodge was left in no man's land by his defense there! The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Valencia C.F. were victorious despite being under pressure from Cuervos AFC for much of the match.