World League

Estadio Guayquiraró
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Bernardo Caballero made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 4th minute Bernardo Caballero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Justo Ruy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sture Abrahamsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Salvino in the 5th minute of play. Sture Abrahamsson made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Jonatan Palban sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fabio Sadurni in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sture Abrahamsson saved Bajen from getting behind. Justo Ruy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johan Johansson in the 15th minute of the match. Justo Ruy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sidney Porto, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in NUMBA's zone, Sidney Porto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Justo Ruy came out of the goal and Sidney Porto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bajen's Sture Abrahamsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabio Sadurni in the 25th minute of play. Justo Ruy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sidney Porto in the 28th minute of play. After 29 minutes of play, NUMBA's Jonatan Palban made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sture Abrahamsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! 35 minutes into the match, Bajen's goal looked a bit too open when Leonardo Salvino came free, but Sture Abrahamsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Bernardo Quinten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sture Abrahamsson. Bajen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernardo Quinten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jonatan Palban stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes Bajen's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Aztore who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Jarne Decaluwe almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Bajen's Sture Abrahamsson did a great save. 54 minutes into the match, Jarne Decaluwe notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Bajen's Sture Abrahamsson. Sture Abrahamsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, NUMBA's Justo Ruy got control of the ball when Bernardo Caballero tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nicklas Trøjgaard could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Justo Ruy made a huge save. NUMBA's Justo Ruy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save NUMBA from getting a goal against them. Justo Ruy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardo Caballero in the 64th minute of play. Justo Ruy was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bernardo Caballero showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-2 in the 66 minute of play. In the 69th minute Leonardo Salvino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sture Abrahamsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sture Abrahamsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Salvino in the 73rd minute of play. Sture Abrahamsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonatan Palban, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. The supporters of NUMBA booed when Bajen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angelino Atauri didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sture Abrahamsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Sadurni in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute, Jonatan Palban left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NUMBA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-2. Sture Abrahamsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Salvino in the 86th minute of play. NUMBA's defense didn't have a chance, in the 92nd minute, when Bernardo Caballero scored to the left of an out of position Justo Ruy, making the score, 5-3. The audience was convinced that Jonatan Palban's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sture Abrahamsson was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. NUMBA had played much better football throughout.