World League

Beech Beach
Spectators: 7973 (Terracing: 5981, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) Piquirenda FC's Laureano Abeita 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. Rudolf Arak hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Beech United's Emanuele Zoff played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laureano Abeita in the 4th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Beech United's goal looked a bit too open when Laureano Abeita came free, but Emanuele Zoff reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 6 minutes into the match, Beech United's goal looked a bit too open when Laureano Abeita came free, but Emanuele Zoff reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 9 minutes into the match, Piquirenda FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dumitru Ghițulescu came free, but Didi Papardelas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Piquirenda FC's Gwidon Czajka got a free kick in the 12th minute. In the 21stth minute of the game Eugenio Bernal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Beech United's Emanuele Zoff was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Eugenio Bernal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emanuele Zoff was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. A collision led to Piquirenda FC getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Gwidon Czajka hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dumitru Ghițulescu in the 27th minute of play forced Piquirenda FC's goalkeeper Didi Papardelas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emanuele Zoff stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Laureano Abeita's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Dumitru Ghițulescu took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Didi Papardelas to make any attempt to save it. Emanuele Zoff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eugenio Bernal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Robert Bednarek hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dumitru Ghițulescu in the 41st minute of play forced Piquirenda FC's goalkeeper Didi Papardelas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emanuele Zoff showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jilian Oosters, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After a rather tough play, Beech United's Rudolf Arak got a free kick in the 48th minute.

Gwidon Czajka made in the 61st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Beech United's Rudolf Arak. After 66 minutes of play, Piquirenda FC's Eugenio Bernal made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emanuele Zoff was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugenio Bernal in the 69th minute of play forced Beech United's goalkeeper Emanuele Zoff to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Piquirenda FC's goal looked a bit too open when Fabrício Cordeiro came free, but Didi Papardelas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eugenio Bernal blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Emanuele Zoff having to make a save. Beech United's Emanuele Zoff played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eugenio Bernal in the 75th minute of play. 78 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Beech United's Dumitru Ghițulescu fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Eugenio Bernal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emanuele Zoff was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. In the 81st minute, Eugenio Bernal fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Emanuele Zoff, passed just outside the right post. Piquirenda FC's Didi Papardelas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dumitru Ghițulescu in the 84th minute of play. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind Beech United's goalkeeper Emanuele Zoff, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Eugenio Bernal kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Emanuele Zoff. That made the score 2-3 in the 90 minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Eugenio Bernal made a precise shot to the right of Emanuele Zoff. Beech United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. In the 96th minute, Dumitru Ghițulescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 98 minutes, Eugenio Bernal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Piquirenda FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eugenio Bernal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The Piquirenda FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Piquirenda FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.