World League

Ushuaïa Arena
Spectators: 8533 (Terracing: 6401, Seating: 1962, VIP seats: 170) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Oliver Bierhoff got the match started through his kick off. When Oliver Bierhoff came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the ADM Taquaras fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Oliver Bierhoff couldn't finish the play. When ADM Taquaras's Oliver Bierhoff in the 7th minute got a chance for a shot 7th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Club Ibiza's goalie prevented a goal. 9 minutes into the match, ADM Taquaras's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Fonso came free, but Jeremias Moreno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Club Ibiza's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Xie Bin Wei in the 11th minute. The corner ended in Xie Bin Wei almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ADM Taquaras's Jeremias Moreno did a great save. After a rather tough play, Club Ibiza's Denny Zuurman got a free kick in the 12th minute. Jeremias Moreno made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Bruno Fonso sent off a good shot on target. 21 minutes into the match, ADM Taquaras's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Fonso came free, but Jeremias Moreno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Club Ibiza's goal looked a bit too open when Oliver Bierhoff came free, but Rene Higuita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute Bruno Fonso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Moreno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bruno Fonso took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jeremias Moreno. Jeremias Moreno dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Rene Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oliver Bierhoff, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Áron Bódog in the 44th minute of play forced Club Ibiza's goalkeeper Rene Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bruno Fonso to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Oliver Bierhoff made a precise shot to the right of Rene Higuita. Club Ibiza's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Club Ibiza's Tony Thanos was substituted for Millrick Hevia. Club Ibiza's Urbasa Uria was substituted for Gelu Cozmâncă. Rene Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oliver Bierhoff, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sidney Pimenta in the 64th minute of play forced ADM Taquaras's goalkeeper Jeremias Moreno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute Áron Bódog shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th match minute, ADM Taquaras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Malcolm Westerberg to maneuver through the defense. Club Ibiza's Rene Higuita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Club Ibiza from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oliver Bierhoff in the 74th minute of play forced Club Ibiza's goalkeeper Rene Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Club Ibiza's Rene Higuita got control of the ball when Áron Bódog tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 86 played minutes ADM Taquaras got a freekick which was hit by Malcolm Westerberg. Jeremias Moreno didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Club Ibiza's Sidney Pimenta shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the ADM Taquaras players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Club Ibiza.