World League

Arena Melissa
Spectators: 7427 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1700, VIP seats: 120) Ramón Toscano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arnoldo Lizbeth's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. Ramón Toscano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arnoldo Lizbeth went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 13th minute, Arnoldo Lizbeth left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gorancielo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arnoldo Lizbeth in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ramón Toscano saved MelissaMel from getting behind. After some careless play in the MelissaMel defense, Arnoldo Lizbeth kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ramón Toscano. The MelissaMel fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ramón Toscano should have stopped the shot. 25 minutes into the match, Bruno Tabor had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ramón Toscano. MelissaMel's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bruno Tabor was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Jesus Osasun managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gorancielo's supporters rose to their feet, but Jesus Osasun was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ramón Toscano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 30 minutes into the match, Arnoldo Lizbeth had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ramón Toscano. MelissaMel's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arnoldo Lizbeth was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. In the 37th minute, Arnoldo Lizbeth ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ramón Toscano was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Diego Borges stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, MelissaMel's Dagoberto Fonseca got a free kick in the 53rd minute. In the 56th minute Arnoldo Lizbeth shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramón Toscano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 58th minute, Carolo Perutxo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gorancielo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. In the 63rd minute Jesus Osasun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramón Toscano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 64 minutes into the game, Gorancielo's Arnoldo Lizbeth nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ramón Toscano made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-9. Diego Borges's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Damian Majusiak read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. Ramón Toscano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnoldo Lizbeth in the 72nd minute of the match. When Gorancielo's Carolo Perutxo in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye MelissaMel's goalie prevented a goal. Ramón Toscano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jesus Osasun in the 79th minute of the match. Damian Majusiak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Borges, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Arnoldo Lizbeth scored 0-10 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ramón Toscano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Gorancielo's zone, Fabinho Arruda stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Damian Majusiak came out of the goal and Fabinho Arruda tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Arnoldo Lizbeth managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gorancielo's supporters rose to their feet, but Arnoldo Lizbeth was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ramón Toscano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 90 played minutes MelissaMel got a freekick which was hit by Willian Meireles. Carolo Perutxo took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ramón Toscano. Ramón Toscano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-11. The audience was convinced that Arnoldo Lizbeth's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ramón Toscano was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. In the 97th minute, Jesus Osasun made a precise shot to the right of Ramón Toscano. MelissaMel's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-12. The MelissaMel fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Gorancielo were clearly better and deserved to take the win.