World League

Cuervos Stadion
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) An unexpectedly hard shot by Martín Ulloa in the 4th minute of play forced real dixmuda's goalkeeper Laurens Gijselinghs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laurens Gijselinghs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Humberto Escobar in the 5th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Thomas-Jan Rouvoet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Tomas Gustafson couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 7th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for real dixmuda. The audience was convinced that Humberto Escobar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Laurens Gijselinghs was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. 11 minutes into the match, Tomas Gustafson notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of real dixmuda's Laurens Gijselinghs. Laurens Gijselinghs was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 19th minute, Humberto Escobar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Laurens Gijselinghs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martín Ulloa in the 24th minute of play. After a rather tough play, real dixmuda's Jose Van Hooveldt got a free kick in the 24th minute. Laurens Gijselinghs didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Humberto Escobar went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. real dixmuda's Laurens Gijselinghs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Humberto Escobar in the 29th minute of play. After 30 minutes of play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Humberto Escobar made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Laurens Gijselinghs was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 36th minute Humberto Escobar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laurens Gijselinghs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Laurens Gijselinghs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Gustafson, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Laurens Gijselinghs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Gustafson in the 43rd minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexandre Demeester stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Humberto Escobar ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Laurens Gijselinghs. Laurens Gijselinghs yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-7. 61 minutes into the game, Milosz Gabis recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Laurens Gijselinghs. Milosz Gabis showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-9. Laurens Gijselinghs made an important save on a dangerous shot by Humberto Escobar in the 66th minute. After 69 minutes, Armand Helssen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the real dixmuda and the ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 69th match minute, real dixmuda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armand Helssen to maneuver through the defense. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Giancarlo Mora was substituted for Dari Mana. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Tomas Gustafson managed to get in a good position for a shot. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Gustafson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Laurens Gijselinghs breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Humberto Escobar took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Laurens Gijselinghs. Laurens Gijselinghs dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-10. In the 81st minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Tomas Gustafson ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Laurens Gijselinghs. Laurens Gijselinghs yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-11. Ron Keldermans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juan Benavides having to interfere. In the 89th minute, Zheko Kraychev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Laurens Gijselinghs didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Humberto Escobar went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-12 was the resulting score. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.