World League

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Spectators: 7598 (Terracing: 5700, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Osvald Uter got the match started through his kick off. Felix Martinsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leopoldo Rosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Felix Martinsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leopoldo Rosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. LA VIOLA's Felix Martinsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wei Li in the 10th minute of play. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 12th minute, but Victoriano Bernaldo got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Dep Colonia Avellaneda hanging dry this time. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudio Cerritos in the 13th minute of play forced LA VIOLA's goalkeeper Felix Martinsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victoriano Bernaldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Svante Bäckman in the 19th minute of the match. After 19 minutes of play, LA VIOLA's Svante Bäckman made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Victoriano Bernaldo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Darryl Buckner sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 23 minutes into the match, LA VIOLA's goal looked a bit too open when Wei Li came free, but Felix Martinsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A hard shot 25 in the game by Osvald Uter from a close distance when the talented Victoriano Bernaldo managed to make a qualified save. Dep Colonia Avellaneda's players were relieved. In the 25th minute, Gottfrid Brenner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 26 minutes into the match, LA VIOLA's goal looked a bit too open when Darryl Buckner came free, but Felix Martinsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Osvald Uter could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Victoriano Bernaldo made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in LA VIOLA's zone, Leopoldo Rosa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Felix Martinsson came out of the goal and Leopoldo Rosa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Felix Martinsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudio Cerritos, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. 39 minutes into the game, Svante Bäckman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. LA VIOLA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dep Colonia Avellaneda the free kick. Felix Martinsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wei Li in the 45th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The wind increased when Darryl Buckner made the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes Dep Colonia Avellaneda's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Svante Bäckman who took care of the corner kick. Victoriano Bernaldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Osvald Uter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 61 played minutes Dep Colonia Avellaneda got a freekick which was hit by Claudio Cerritos. After some careless play in the Dep Colonia Avellaneda defense, Svante Bäckman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victoriano Bernaldo. The Dep Colonia Avellaneda fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victoriano Bernaldo should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, LA VIOLA's Albert Rutledge got a free kick in the 68th minute. LA VIOLA's defense didn't have a chance, in the 69th minute, when Darryl Buckner scored to the left of an out of position Felix Martinsson, making the score, 2-3. If Leopoldo Rosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 78th match minute, LA VIOLA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henrik Wickander to maneuver through the defense. Victoriano Bernaldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Svante Bäckman, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. When Svante Bäckman came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the LA VIOLA 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 Svante Bäckman couldn't finish the play. If Osvald Uter had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The LA VIOLA fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Dep Colonia Avellaneda were clearly better and deserved to take the win.