World League

San Juan
Spectators: 7963 (Terracing: 5974, Seating: 1831, VIP seats: 158) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Esteban Salomon took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Brugge United's zone, Esteban Salomon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vítor Baia came out of the goal and Esteban Salomon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 10 minutes into the game, Arnauld Van Impe cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Darío Friederichs was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Darío Friederichs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnauld Van Impe in the 15th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Nibiru X's Esteban Salomon dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. The supporters of Nibiru X booed when Brugge United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Will Deman didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esteban Salomon in the 26th minute of play forced Brugge United's goalkeeper Vítor Baia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Darío Friederichs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ümit Karan in the 29th minute of play. Darío Friederichs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnauld Van Impe in the 31st minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Nibiru X's goal looked a bit too open when Arnauld Van Impe came free, but Darío Friederichs reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Will Deman in the 42nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Nibiru X's Renato Kilpatrick. When Esteban Salomon fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nibiru X's protests and gave Esteban Salomon a yellow card for diving instead. Esteban Salomon hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Nibiru X's 忠 张飞 got a free kick in the 44th minute. In the 46th minute Ümit Karan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Darío Friederichs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Arnauld Van Impe got free with Darío Friederichs in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Esteban Salomon made a great header on Nibiru X's corner, it was just that Brugge United's Vítor Baia managed to reach the ball for a save. Nibiru X's Juan Antonio Bertrand was substituted for Dario Osorio. Darío Friederichs made an important save on a dangerous shot by Laurențiu Roşculeţ in the 67th minute. Arnauld Van Impe could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Darío Friederichs made a huge save. Darío Friederichs made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arnauld Van Impe in the 74th minute. Darío Friederichs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnauld Van Impe, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Ümit Karan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Darío Friederichs tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salomón Avendaño in the 87th minute of play forced Brugge United's goalkeeper Vítor Baia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nibiru X's Darío Friederichs proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Nibiru X from getting a goal against them. Vítor Baia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Salomón Avendaño, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arnauld Van Impe got free with Darío Friederichs in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Nibiru X getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. 忠 张飞 hit a great ball. After 94 minutes, 忠 张飞 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nibiru X and the Brugge United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 94th minute, 忠 张飞 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Darío Friederichs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaspar Van Den Broeck, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. 96 minutes into the match, Nibiru X's goal looked a bit too open when Ümit Karan came free, but Darío Friederichs reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Nibiru X support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.