World League

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 7493 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mario Balotelli took the kick off in the first half of the match. AFC Viola Gigliati's Ralondo Barboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladimiro Kiliz in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute Vladimiro Kiliz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ralondo Barboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 6th minute of the match Nenushko FC got a corner. AFC Viola Gigliati's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ivan Isaia ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Nenushko FC's corner Ivan Isaia fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ralondo Barboa quite easily take care of the ball. A collision led to Nenushko FC getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Vismantas Martišius hit a great ball. In the 10th minute Adamantios Sfakianakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ralondo Barboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ralondo Barboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladimiro Kiliz in the 16th minute of the match. In the 17thth minute of the game Vladimiro Kiliz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AFC Viola Gigliati's Ralondo Barboa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to AFC Viola Gigliati getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Santio Marco hit a great ball. Adamantios Sfakianakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ralondo Barboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimiro Kiliz, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Guillermo Barzana charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guillermo Barzana the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 42 minutes into the match, Vladimiro Kiliz notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of AFC Viola Gigliati's Ralondo Barboa. Ralondo Barboa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 45th match minute, AFC Viola Gigliati was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enrico Cicero to maneuver through the defense. Ralondo Barboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladimiro Kiliz in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th minute, Isaac Rivas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ralondo Barboa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vladimiro Kiliz to make the kick off. Ralondo Barboa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Isaac Rivas showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 53 minute of play. Vladimiro Kiliz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ralondo Barboa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 56th minute of play. Julio Salinas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ralondo Barboa having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vladimiro Kiliz in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ralondo Barboa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. AFC Viola Gigliati's defense didn't have a chance, in the 70th minute, when Adamantios Sfakianakis scored to the left of an out of position Ralondo Barboa, making the score, 0-6. AFC Viola Gigliati made a substitution. Pacifico Villazan replaced Guillermo Barzana. AFC Viola Gigliati's Ciriaco Cañaveral was substituted for Kurt Hamrin. AFC Viola Gigliati's Dunixi Bueno was substituted for Frutos Sator. Adamantios Sfakianakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Ralondo Barboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 85th minute, Adamantios Sfakianakis fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 0-8 when Vladimiro Kiliz sped through AFC Viola Gigliati's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ralondo Barboa. After 88 played minutes Nenushko FC got a freekick which was hit by Adamantios Sfakianakis. Ralondo Barboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adamantios Sfakianakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimiro Kiliz in the 92nd minute of play forced AFC Viola Gigliati's goalkeeper Ralondo Barboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes into the match, Ciriaco Cañaveral had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Baldomero Oskarbi. Nenushko FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ciriaco Cañaveral was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-8.