World League

Campus Saucache
Spectators: 7805 (Terracing: 5855, Seating: 1795, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Marian Banas kicked off to start the match. In the 10th minute of the game Jan-Kenneth Skog made a throw-in which Ni Zhan Kun played forward. 11 minutes into the match, U. de Tarapacá's goal looked a bit too open when Ni Zhan Kun came free, but Ariel Balboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alin Armeanca in the 17th minute of play forced U. de Tarapacá's goalkeeper Ariel Balboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ni Zhan Kun in the 18th minute of play forced U. de Tarapacá's goalkeeper Ariel Balboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 20 minutes U. de Tarapacá's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Odysseas Lagidis who took care of the corner kick. The Nerd Herd's Odysseas Lagidis was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ariel Balboa in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 24 minutes of play, The Nerd Herd's Alin Armeanca made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ariel Balboa was left in no man's land by his defense there! U. de Tarapacá's Ariel Balboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marian Banas in the 29th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, U. de Tarapacá's goal looked a bit too open when Marian Banas came free, but Ariel Balboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute, Ni Zhan Kun ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ariel Balboa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 33rd minute, Ni Zhan Kun ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ariel Balboa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Orfilio Orbañanos got free with Enzo Noce in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Enzo Noce made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orfilio Orbañanos in the 42nd minute of play. Ariel Balboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ni Zhan Kun, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After the first half The Nerd Herd were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Ariel Balboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marian Banas, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Marian Banas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ariel Balboa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. 58 minutes into the match, The Nerd Herd's goal looked a bit too open when Orfilio Orbañanos came free, but Enzo Noce reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, U. de Tarapacá's goal looked a bit too open when Ni Zhan Kun came free, but Ariel Balboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ariel Balboa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marian Banas's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marian Banas in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ariel Balboa saved U. de Tarapacá from getting behind. The supporters of The Nerd Herd booed when U. de Tarapacá was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Domingo Barcena didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ariel Balboa made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Marian Banas sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ni Zhan Kun got free with Ariel Balboa in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 82nd minute of the match The Nerd Herd got a corner. U. de Tarapacá's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Odysseas Lagidis ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to The Nerd Herd's Alin Armeanca getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 85th minute, The Nerd Herd's Ni Zhan Kun dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. Orfilio Orbañanos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enzo Noce having to interfere. Marian Banas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Ariel Balboa made a huge save. After a rather tough play, U. de Tarapacá's Rafael Demanet got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Ariel Balboa was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Ni Zhan Kun capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ni Zhan Kun really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. When the match was over The Nerd Herd could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than U. de Tarapacá throughout the match.