World League

Totaurios Grandes
Spectators: 7372 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1700, VIP seats: 50) DARAS's Ildefonso Frascuelo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 5th minute, Mariano Baladi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sandro Ormea. The goal made the score 1-0. Ionel Zărnescu who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 9thth minute tested the skills of Sandro Ormea when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 10 minutes into the match, DARAS's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Baladi came free, but Sandro Ormea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sandro Ormea stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jos Musseeuw's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. 16 minutes into the match, DARAS's goalkeeper Sandro Ormea had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ionel Zărnescu. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bayındır Seyfullah during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 18th minute, Bayındır Seyfullah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 18 minutes into the match, Totaurios FC's Ionel Zărnescu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sandro Ormea narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 21st match minute, Totaurios FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laureano Castulo to maneuver through the defense. In the 21st minute Toni Nenchev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atalan Tunçkaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. DARAS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dragolyub Novakov in the 23rd minute. Mariano Baladi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sandro Ormea having to interfere. Bayındır Seyfullah got his second yellow card in the match during the 31st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Totaurios FC's Arnaldo Oskitz was substituted for Laureano Castulo. In the 32nd minute, Bayındır Seyfullah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sandro Ormea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ionel Zărnescu in the 34th minute. Totaurios FC were awarded a corner in the 35th minute after DARAS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bartolo Tipi took the corner. 42 minutes into the match, DARAS's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Baladi came free, but Sandro Ormea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Toni Nenchev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Atalan Tunçkaya read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The wind increased when Ionel Zărnescu made the kick off in the second half. Toni Nenchev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Atalan Tunçkaya tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st minute, Jos Musseeuw left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Totaurios FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 65th minute Ionel Zărnescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sandro Ormea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ildefonso Frascuelo during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. DARAS made a substitution. Dilyan Mrúnkov replaced Ildefonso Frascuelo. In the 70th match minute, DARAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ildefonso Frascuelo to maneuver through the defense. DARAS's Sandro Ormea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jos Musseeuw in the 72nd minute of play. Marc Apelkvist hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. After 73 played minutes, Totaurios FC's Bartolo Tipi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sandro Ormea came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Totaurios FC reached it. Sandro Ormea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ionel Zărnescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Sandro Ormea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Baladi in the 81st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Baladi in the 87th minute of play forced DARAS's goalkeeper Sandro Ormea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Toni Nenchev charged in rather forcefully in the 88th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Toni Nenchev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 89th minute, Toni Nenchev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A throw-in in the 90th minute of the game was made by Pepe Perpiñán with André Maraschin as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 93rd minute Toni Nenchev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atalan Tunçkaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mariano Baladi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sandro Ormea read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Totaurios FC had played much better football throughout.