World League

Del Barrio
Spectators: 7448 (Terracing: 5587, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vladimir Lenin kicked off to start the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alejandro Martinez in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ariel Venerando saved Road To Glory from getting behind. Szilárd Szaniszló hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Henrique Morais hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Gugu de Mendonça kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Gugu de Mendonça left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Road To Glory fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After 17 played minutes Road To Glory got a freekick which was hit by Gao Xing Zhen. Ariel Venerando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladimir Lenin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute, Vladimir Lenin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ariel Venerando was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 33rd minute Alejandro Martinez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Venerando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henrique Morais in the 35th minute of play. After 37 minutes, Szilárd Szaniszló mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Azulgrana 81 and the Road To Glory players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Road To Glory booed when Azulgrana 81 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Szilárd Szaniszló didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 38th match minute, Road To Glory was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gao Xing Zhen to maneuver through the defense. Ariel Venerando made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henrique Morais in the 42nd minute of play.

Ariel Venerando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albert Rauvoe in the 57th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gugu de Mendonça in the 59th minute of play forced Azulgrana 81's goalkeeper Jiří Hasman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Road To Glory were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after Azulgrana 81's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gugu de Mendonça took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Gugu de Mendonça got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jiří Hasman quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albert Rauvoe in the 62nd minute of play. Azulgrana 81 were awarded a corner in the 65th minute after Road To Glory's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dante Palban took the corner. With an all-out effort, Azulgrana 81's Ariel Venerando threw himself towards the right post 69 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Albert Rauvoe, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 69thth minute of the game Albert Rauvoe who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 69th play minutes Albert Rauvoe shot 1-3, a short shot which went by Ariel Venerando and just under the crossbar into goal. After 72 played minutes Albert Rauvoe rounded Road To Glory's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-4. Ariel Venerando made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alejandro Martinez in the 82nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Gugu de Mendonça managed to get in a good position for a shot. Road To Glory's supporters rose to their feet, but Gugu de Mendonça was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jiří Hasman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 90 minutes into the match, Azulgrana 81's goal looked a bit too open when Gugu de Mendonça came free, but Jiří Hasman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henrique Morais in the 94th minute of play forced Road To Glory's goalkeeper Ariel Venerando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th match minute, Road To Glory was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Asso Kraav to maneuver through the defense. In the 96th minute of the match Dante Palban shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ariel Venerando showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Dante Palban's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Ariel Venerando - 1-5 was put on the score board in the 96th minute. Azulgrana 81 played a much better game than Road To Glory and deserved their victory. The Road To Glory players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.