World League

Olimpicos
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, 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. Bernardo Colle started the match with the kick off. Intxixu Porregimon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardo Colle in the 3rd minute of play. Intxixu Porregimon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernardo Colle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. PELOTEROS 8°B 2003 FC were awarded a corner in the 6th minute after Mexilhão F. C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bernardo Colle took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in Ceferino Echeverría heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Colle in the 10th minute of play forced Mexilhão F. C.'s goalkeeper Intxixu Porregimon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PELOTEROS 8°B 2003 FC were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after Mexilhão F. C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bernardo Colle took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Nemesio Turri got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Intxixu Porregimon quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 16 minutes into the game, Manolo Robledo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Intxixu Porregimon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bernardo Colle in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Intxixu Porregimon saved Mexilhão F. C. from getting behind. Guntademaro Macera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anaia Barba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 23 minutes into the match, Bernardo Colle notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Mexilhão F. C.'s Intxixu Porregimon. Intxixu Porregimon was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Mexilhão F. C.'s Serafino Herena got a free kick in the 26th minute. Ronaldinho Romero could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Guntademaro Macera made a huge save. A collision led to PELOTEROS 8°B 2003 FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Vaggelis Sofianos hit a great ball. Guntademaro Macera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldinho Romero in the 32nd minute of the match. 35 minutes into the match, Mexilhão F. C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Bernardo Colle came free, but Intxixu Porregimon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Mexilhão F. C. defense, Bernardo Colle kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Intxixu Porregimon. The Mexilhão F. C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Intxixu Porregimon should have stopped the shot. Guntademaro Macera stood somewhat misplaced when Germano Pernambucano came free in front of goal and shot 1-3 to the left of him in the 42 minute. In the 45th minute Bernardo Colle shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Intxixu Porregimon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half PELOTEROS 8°B 2003 FC were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anaia Barba stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Guntademaro Macera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Germano Pernambucano's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. Guntademaro Macera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abel de Lara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Martin Viñe in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Intxixu Porregimon prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Guntademaro Macera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel de Lara in the 62nd minute of play. Martin Viñe received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Intxixu Porregimon came out and tried to block the shot, but Martin Viñe slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 63rd minute. PELOTEROS 8°B 2003 FC's Janusz Jeziorkowski was substituted for Manolo Robledo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anaia Barba in the 69th minute of play forced PELOTEROS 8°B 2003 FC's goalkeeper Guntademaro Macera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Anaia Barba notched a goal, 2-4, to the right of PELOTEROS 8°B 2003 FC's Guntademaro Macera. Guntademaro Macera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 74 minutes into the match, PELOTEROS 8°B 2003 FC's goal looked a bit too open when Germano Pernambucano came free, but Guntademaro Macera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Guntademaro Macera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anaia Barba went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-4 was the resulting score. Martin Viñe blasted a shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Intxixu Porregimon having to make a save. Martin Viñe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Intxixu Porregimon having to interfere. Intxixu Porregimon was a little too slow when Martin Viñe got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 83rd minute. The score was now 3-5. The audience thought a goal was coming when Martin Viñe got free with Intxixu Porregimon in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. PELOTEROS 8°B 2003 FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Janusz Jeziorkowski in the 88th minute. Janusz Jeziorkowski was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anaia Barba in the 91st minute of play forced PELOTEROS 8°B 2003 FC's goalkeeper Guntademaro Macera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 95 played minutes Mexilhão F. C. got a freekick which was hit by 方城震. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. PELOTEROS 8°B 2003 FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.