World League

Palacio de Poseidón
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Coronel Andres started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, La Mora CAT's Martin Suy seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Martin Suy the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of La Mora CAT protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Martin Suy had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 6th minute, one of La Mora CAT:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for La Mora CAT. Şenol Güneş had in the 8thth minute some difficulties stopping Mauro Arias's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The audience was convinced that Coronel Andres's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patricio Toribia was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Venceslas Casiano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Şenol Güneş tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Patricio Toribia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Seve Grau in the 13th minute of the match. Soyuncu Carron in the 23rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Şenol Güneş, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Soyuncu Carron in the 26thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Şenol Güneş, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Seve Grau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. La Mora CAT's Şenol Güneş played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denis Sasu in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rdth minute of the game Joaquin Vada who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Mora CAT's Şenol Güneş was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 35th match minute, La Mora CAT was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Coronel Canyelles to maneuver through the defense. Şenol Güneş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Soyuncu Entero in the 36th minute of the match. In the 39th minute of the match Bye Poseidón got a corner. La Mora CAT's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mauro Arias ran over to the corner to take the kick. With his leg Şenol Güneş managed to avoid a goal in the 39thth minute, when Bye Poseidón's Joaquin Vada fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, Bye Poseidón's Mauro Arias got a free kick in the 43rd minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Soyuncu Carron made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Soyuncu Carron left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bye Poseidón fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Soyuncu Carron in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Şenol Güneş saved La Mora CAT from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Soyuncu Carron in the 62nd minute of play forced La Mora CAT's goalkeeper Şenol Güneş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Severino Coutinho scored 1-1 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Patricio Toribia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. La Mora CAT's Şenol Güneş played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Soyuncu Entero in the 71st minute of play. La Mora CAT's Wayne Rooney was substituted for Coronel Andres. Seve Grau succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-2 in the 78th playminute. The audience was convinced that Denis Sasu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Şenol Güneş was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. After 86 minutes, Denis Sasu made it 3-2 with a short kick to the right side. La Mora CAT's Şenol Güneş tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Wayne Rooney had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 93 minutes of play, Bye Poseidón's Soyuncu Entero made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Şenol Güneş was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 95th minute Wayne Rooney shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patricio Toribia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Many of La Mora CAT's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. La Mora CAT may have spent more time on the ball, but Bye Poseidón were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.