World League

Reino de Valencia
Spectators: 8167 (Terracing: 6127, Seating: 1878, VIP seats: 162) Robert Bresson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from William Rigg in the 4th minute of the match. After 10 minutes of play, The Valar's William Rigg made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robert Bresson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice moves Zhuang Xing Ting could shoot a difficult shot in the 13th minute, which Emmanuel Canturri however easily saved by the left post. 21 minutes into the match, Zhuang Xing Ting had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emmanuel Canturri. The Valar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zhuang Xing Ting was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Emmanuel Canturri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerson Santana in the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, William Rigg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robert Bresson was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. William Rigg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Robert Bresson having to make a save. 36 minutes into the match, INTOCABLES 2oo4's goal looked a bit too open when William Rigg came free, but Robert Bresson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Valar's Emmanuel Canturri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save The Valar from getting a goal against them. Emmanuel Canturri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ibon Duarte in the 38th minute of play. In the 46th minute, Lenílson Siqueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when William Rigg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. INTOCABLES 2oo4's Robert Bresson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manwë Vala in the 51st minute of play. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by INTOCABLES 2oo4's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Codruț Uncheşu was slow to take the kick. During this time The Valar's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on The Valar's corner Codruț Uncheşu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Robert Bresson quite easily take care of the ball. In the 57th match minute, INTOCABLES 2oo4 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lenílson Siqueira to maneuver through the defense. The Valar's Emmanuel Canturri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhuang Xing Ting in the 60th minute of play. Robert Bresson made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when William Rigg sent off a good shot on target. The Valar's Aulë Vala was substituted for Manwë Vala. Emmanuel Canturri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnaitz Bartumeu, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Arnaitz Bartumeu took the ball and in the 76 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emmanuel Canturri. Emmanuel Canturri dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manoj Espinosa in the 83rd minute of play forced The Valar's goalkeeper Emmanuel Canturri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes into the match, The Valar's goal looked a bit too open when Manoj Espinosa came free, but Emmanuel Canturri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 87th minute, Arnaitz Bartumeu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The INTOCABLES 2oo4 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. Manoj Espinosa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Emmanuel Canturri having to make a save. Emmanuel Canturri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnaitz Bartumeu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the INTOCABLES 2oo4 players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.