World League

Nou Municipal
Spectators: 7546 (Terracing: 5661, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) UE Cornella's Mel Palanques started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esterilla Van Meenen in the 3rd minute of play forced UE Cornella's goalkeeper Oliverios Coya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oliverios Coya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brend Van Laeck in the 8th minute of the match. Esterilla Van Meenen took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Oliverios Coya. Oliverios Coya dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 12 minutes into the game, All Stars Gent's Esterilla Van Meenen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Oliverios Coya made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 18 minutes of play, All Stars Gent's Brend Van Laeck made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oliverios Coya was left in no man's land by his defense there! Oliverios Coya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Esterilla Van Meenen in the 21st minute of play. Oliverios Coya came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by All Stars Gent's Esterilla Van Meenen. But to his dismay, Esterilla Van Meenen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. In the 33rd minute Esterilla Van Meenen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliverios Coya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the UE Cornella defense, Esterilla Van Meenen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Oliverios Coya. The UE Cornella fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Oliverios Coya should have stopped the shot. Nicky De Coninck received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Oliverios Coya tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oliverios Coya took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brend Van Laeck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the UE Cornella defense, Brend Van Laeck kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Oliverios Coya. The UE Cornella fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Oliverios Coya should have stopped the shot. Oliverios Coya took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brend Van Laeck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ismael Villalcazar during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to UE Cornella getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Ismael Villalcazar hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Esterilla Van Meenen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 51 minutes, Esterilla Van Meenen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. All Stars Gent's supporters crossed their fingers, but Esterilla Van Meenen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. UE Cornella's Oliverios Coya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esterilla Van Meenen in the 53rd minute of play. Oliverios Coya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brend Van Laeck, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Esterilla Van Meenen managed to get in a good position for a shot. All Stars Gent's supporters rose to their feet, but Esterilla Van Meenen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oliverios Coya breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Oliverios Coya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Esterilla Van Meenen in the 59th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Esterilla Van Meenen dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Oliverios Coya, 0-7. Esterilla Van Meenen received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Oliverios Coya came out and tried to block the shot, but Esterilla Van Meenen slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 64th minute. Esterilla Van Meenen succeeded in the game's 69th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-9. Oliverios Coya made an important save on a dangerous shot by Brend Van Laeck in the 72nd minute. Manolo Figueroa hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, All Stars Gent's Rebeldino Van Meenen tried to score from far away in the 74th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. With a little luck, UE Cornella's Oliverios Coya got control of the ball when Brend Van Laeck tried to sneak it across the goal line. Albino Bacete kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Brend Van Laeck took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Oliverios Coya. Oliverios Coya dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-10. Oliverios Coya stood somewhat misplaced when Esterilla Van Meenen came free in front of goal and shot 0-11 to the left of him in the 89 minute. Oliverios Coya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Esterilla Van Meenen in the 93rd minute of play. In the 96th match minute, UE Cornella was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leon Tobias to maneuver through the defense. All Stars Gent played a much better game than UE Cornella and deserved their victory. The UE Cornella players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.