World League

Eduardo Galeano
Spectators: 7620 (Terracing: 5716, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind los nadies's goalkeeper Anselmo Lucila, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 13thth minute of the game Isidro Oliviero who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but los nadies's Anselmo Lucila was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Isidro Oliviero in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Anselmo Lucila saved los nadies from getting behind. After having played for 15 minutes, Isidro Oliviero managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Barbudos FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Isidro Oliviero was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 16 minutes into the match, Barbudos FC's goalkeeper Omar Abadia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Simon Koldobika. In the 24th match minute, los nadies was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Colin Barco to maneuver through the defense. A throw-in in the 27th minute of the game was made by Ola Bukaka with Siro Olivar as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Isidro Oliviero's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Anselmo Lucila read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. 35 minutes into the game, Colin Barco threw the ball into play from the sideline. Barbudos FC's Arnold Evans quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Anselmo Lucila came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Barbudos FC's Isidro Oliviero. But to his dismay, Isidro Oliviero quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. With a little luck, Barbudos FC's Omar Abadia got control of the ball when Simon Koldobika tried to sneak it across the goal line. Colin Barco made in the 45th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Siro Olivar immediately put the ball in play. After the first half Barbudos FC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Isidro Oliviero made the kick off in the second half. Omar Abadia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cenan Ergüven in the 53rd minute of the match. Barbudos FC made a substitution. Gareth Bala replaced Hendrik-Jan Niemeyer. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by Barbudos FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ola Bukaka was slow to take the kick. During this time los nadies's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Ola Bukaka got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Omar Abadia quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 60th minute, Barbudos FC's Isidro Oliviero dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. Omar Abadia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Simon Koldobika, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 66 minutes into the match, los nadies's goalkeeper Anselmo Lucila had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Keno Cantona. Anselmo Lucila took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidro Oliviero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anselmo Lucila stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Isidro Oliviero's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. In the 78th minute, Ola Bukaka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anselmo Lucila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franco Beccari in the 79th minute of the match. Omar Abadia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Osman Nuri Enver in the 80th minute of play. When los nadies's Amadeo Martxel in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Barbudos FC's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of los nadies booed when Barbudos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Keno Cantona didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Franco Beccari kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Anselmo Lucila. That made the score 0-3 in the 95 minute of play. The Barbudos FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Barbudos FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.