World League

Battle of death
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Marcus Skytt kicked off to start the match. Iwan Lepucki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Humberto Escobar in the 2nd minute of play. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ were awarded a corner in the 3th minute after LavAzzA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tomas Gustafson took the corner. In the 6th minute LavAzzA were awarded a corner. Amerigo Labarra went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 6th minute, Franc Fabra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 6th minute, Franc Fabra fired away a hard free kick towards the goal. Juan Benavides moved to his left, but didn't have to make a save as the ball went out of bounds. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Juan Benavides, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 11 minutes into the match, Marcus Skytt notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Juan Benavides. Juan Benavides was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With an all-out effort, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Iwan Lepucki threw himself towards the right post 14 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Humberto Escobar, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 16 minutes into the match, LavAzzA's goal looked a bit too open when Humberto Escobar came free, but Iwan Lepucki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaudencio Lekubegi in the 18th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Juan Benavides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Juan Benavides, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. LavAzzA's Iwan Lepucki proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save LavAzzA from getting a goal against them. Gaudencio Lekubegi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 31st minute Humberto Escobar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iwan Lepucki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Humberto Escobar got free with Iwan Lepucki in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Juan Benavides made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Skytt in the 36th minute of play. With an all-out effort, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Iwan Lepucki threw himself towards the right post 37 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Humberto Escobar, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Iwan Lepucki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martín Ulloa, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Humberto Escobar was the one to do the kick off. Iwan Lepucki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humberto Escobar, who was totally free with the ball in the 50th minute. Gaudencio Lekubegi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juan Benavides having to interfere. After some careless play in the ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ defense, Gaudencio Lekubegi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Juan Benavides. The ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Juan Benavides should have stopped the shot. Marcus Skytt struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Juan Benavides didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for LavAzzA. In the 57th match minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nelsinho Nóbrega to maneuver through the defense. Marcus Skytt received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Juan Benavides came out and tried to block the shot, but Marcus Skytt slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hannes Forsberg in the 66th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Juan Benavides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 67 minutes, Nelsinho Nóbrega mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ and the LavAzzA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nelsinho Nóbrega kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Giancarlo Mora was substituted for Dari Mana. 72 minutes into the match, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Juan Benavides had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gaudencio Lekubegi. Juan Benavides showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hannes Forsberg in the 78th minute of the match. LavAzzA's Fernando Pinto was substituted for Amerigo Labarra. LavAzzA made a substitution. Mai Di Chao replaced Adam Vase. Juan Benavides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaudencio Lekubegi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 91st minute, when Gaudencio Lekubegi scored to the left of an out of position Juan Benavides, making the score, 1-4. After 94 minutes of play, LavAzzA's Gaudencio Lekubegi made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Juan Benavides was left in no man's land by his defense there! LavAzzA's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.