World League

ARENA ELBLĄG
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Gabriel Hauche made the kick off and thus started the match. Dawid Wallach hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Hauche in the 4th minute of play forced LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's goalkeeper Efraín Zercalde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anselmo Indartsu hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Maní FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 7th minute. Penalty! Maní FC:s Pascual Pitin showed great skill when he stopped Damian Posadzki:s penalty. If Gil Negri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Efraín Zercalde made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gil Negri in the 10th minute of play. Daniel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pascual Pitin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daniel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. Efraín Zercalde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Hauche, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. When Edward Latkiewicz fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's protests and gave Edward Latkiewicz a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Maní FC booed when LIRA ELBLĄG SSA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edward Latkiewicz didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 18 played minutes, Maní FC's Luis Musko shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Efraín Zercalde came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Maní FC reached it. Bogdan Nazaria's late challenge caught a Maní FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bogdan Nazaria helped the player get up and apologised. Bogdan Nazaria hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. A collision led to LIRA ELBLĄG SSA getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Segundo Abecia hit a great ball. Efraín Zercalde didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gabriel Hauche went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Segundo Abecia's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 28thth minute, Pascual Pitin skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Maní FC's Pascual Pitin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Segundo Abecia in the 30th minute of play. In the 32nd minute of the match LIRA ELBLĄG SSA got a corner. Maní FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Damian Posadzki ran over to the corner to take the kick. When Daniel Montenegro, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 32 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Pascual Pitin was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Efraín Zercalde came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Maní FC's Gabriel Hauche. But to his dismay, Gabriel Hauche quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After 43 minutes, Gabriel Hauche made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Efraín Zercalde tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Segundo Abecia to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's Dawid Wallach got a free kick in the 51st minute. After 55 minutes LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luis Musko who took care of the corner kick. Efraín Zercalde was a little too slow when Gabriel Hauche got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 58th minute. The score was now 0-5. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Gabriel Hauche took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Efraín Zercalde to make any attempt to save it. Efraín Zercalde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wandy Petera, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Gabriel Hauche took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Efraín Zercalde. Efraín Zercalde dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. Gil Negri's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Efraín Zercalde firmly grabbed it by the left post. Efraín Zercalde made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gabriel Hauche in the 76th minute. 79 minutes into the game, Gabriel Hauche recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Efraín Zercalde. Gabriel Hauche showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-8. The audience was convinced that Gabriel Hauche's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Efraín Zercalde was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Maní FC's Luis Musko was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Efraín Zercalde in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Efraín Zercalde stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gabriel Hauche's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. When Maní FC's Gabriel Hauche in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LIRA ELBLĄG SSA's goalie prevented a goal. The Maní FC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.