World League

San Saga
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Erik Cantona kicked off to start the match. Enrique Enoch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santi Urbieta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 6thth minute of the game Stig Malmgren who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Saga TF's Joachim Forseth was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Erik Cantona in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Enrique Enoch saved union española s.a. from getting behind. Joachim Forseth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stig Malmgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adelino Nordon charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adelino Nordon the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 16th minute, one of union española s.a.:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for union española s.a.. A collision led to union española s.a. getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Denis Bayon hit a great ball. In the 21st minute Erik Cantona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Enrique Enoch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Vicens Espina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 23rd minute, Brian Laudrup hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stig Malmgren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Joachim Forseth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the last second Enrique Enoch throw himself and got hold of the ball when Erik Cantona in the 28thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After 29 minutes union española s.a.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Trond Gilde who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Saga TF's Santi Urbieta to fire away a dangerous shot which Enrique Enoch despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Saga TF's attentive Billy Backman managed to snatch the ball when Oriol Marmolejo made a throw-in in the 35th minute of the game. Vicens Espina kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Enrique Enoch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erik Cantona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by union española s.a.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Trond Gilde was slow to take the kick. During this time Saga TF's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Saga TF's corner Trond Gilde fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Enrique Enoch quite easily take care of the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Stig Malmgren made a kick off. In the 52nd minute of the match, Stig Malmgren got a very nice opportunity to score, but Joachim Forseth was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. If Stig Malmgren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After having played for 62 minutes, Stig Malmgren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. union española s.a.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Stig Malmgren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. union española s.a.'s Nauzet Fontaner was substituted for Vicens Espina. Oriol Marmolejo made in the 66th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Saga TF's Billy Backman. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Cantona in the 67th minute of play forced union española s.a.'s goalkeeper Enrique Enoch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute Stig Malmgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joachim Forseth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Arne Botnen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 83rd minute of the match, Stig Malmgren got a very nice opportunity to score, but Joachim Forseth was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Erik Cantona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Enrique Enoch showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Cantona in the 85th minute of the match. union española s.a. played a much better game than Saga TF and deserved their victory. The Saga TF players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.