World League

Estadio Comercial LS
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Franco Bosch got the match started through his kick off. Verwachting's Herbert Hilhorst proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Verwachting from getting a goal against them. In the 6th minute, Jimeno Sadurni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ermengol Baena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Twan Hesseling in the 14th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Verwachting's zone, Nicollao Narbona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Herbert Hilhorst came out of the goal and Nicollao Narbona tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Verwachting's Herbert Hilhorst played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franco Bosch in the 20th minute of play. In the 21st minute Twan Hesseling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ermengol Baena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Herbert Hilhorst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franco Bosch in the 29th minute of the match. In the 31stth minute of the game Christijan Schreuder who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►►'s Ermengol Baena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ermengol Baena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Twan Hesseling, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 40th minute, one of Verwachting: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 Verwachting. When the match had been going on for 41 minutes, ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►►'s Cordario Bazarra got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Herbert Hilhorst. 44 minutes into the game, Cordario Bazarra threw the ball into play from the sideline. Verwachting's Phoenix Soare quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 47th minute, Christijan Schreuder made a precise shot to the right of Ermengol Baena. ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►►'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1.

Christijan Schreuder's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ermengol Baena firmly grabbed it by the left post. 59 minutes into the match, Christijan Schreuder had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ermengol Baena. ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►►'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christijan Schreuder was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Franco Bosch sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Verwachting's Herbert Hilhorst played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franco Bosch in the 65th minute of play. When Christijan Schreuder fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Verwachting's protests and gave Christijan Schreuder a yellow card for diving instead. In the 67th minute, Christijan Schreuder hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Verwachting getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Adriaan Kuypers hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christijan Schreuder got free with Ermengol Baena in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ermengol Baena was a little too slow when Christijan Schreuder got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 74th minute. The score was now 2-3. Twan Hesseling received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Ermengol Baena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th match minute, Verwachting was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Twan Hesseling to maneuver through the defense. Herbert Hilhorst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franco Bosch in the 81st minute of the match. The supporters of Verwachting booed when ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►► was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Inigo Cueli didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cordario Bazarra hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. 91 minutes into the match, ◄◄Lucas Cerro Largo►►'s goal looked a bit too open when Adriaan Kuypers came free, but Ermengol Baena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Franco Bosch fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Herbert Hilhorst having to interfere. The Verwachting 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.