World League

Monumental de Palet
Spectators: 7973 (Terracing: 5981, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jari Alenius took the kick off in the first half of the match. Pedrinho Fahlmann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedrinho Fahlmann in the 6th minute of play forced NAGANO F.C's goalkeeper Vellito Alguerdo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 8 minutes into the game, FC Pepe Burrón's Pedrinho Fahlmann nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vellito Alguerdo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 13 minutes into the game, NAGANO F.C's Jari Alenius nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Orlando Rivera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. When Clodoveo Weather came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the NAGANO F.C 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 Clodoveo Weather couldn't finish the play. Jari Alenius took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Orlando Rivera. Orlando Rivera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. 29 minutes into the match, Pedrinho Fahlmann notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of NAGANO F.C's Vellito Alguerdo. Vellito Alguerdo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 34th match minute, NAGANO F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clodoveo Weather to maneuver through the defense. NAGANO F.C's Diego Beckenbauer managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Carlos Galván in the 39 minute of the game. Orlando Rivera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jari Alenius in the 43rd minute of play. Orlando Rivera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jari Alenius, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Vellito Alguerdo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedrinho Fahlmann in the 47th minute of the match. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

53 minutes into the match, NAGANO F.C's Jari Alenius sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Orlando Rivera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 55 minutes into the match, NAGANO F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Pedrinho Fahlmann came free, but Vellito Alguerdo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to FC Pepe Burrón getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Elizardo Moyua hit a great ball. Pertti Koskenkorva took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 62nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Orlando Rivera. FC Pepe Burrón's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 70th minute, NAGANO F.C's Jari Alenius dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. FC Pepe Burrón made a substitution. Tiémoué Bakayoko replaced Jacobo Fidele. Vellito Alguerdo came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Pepe Burrón's Leonid Afteni. But to his dismay, Leonid Afteni quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. Vellito Alguerdo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tiémoué Bakayoko, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 85th minute Tiémoué Bakayoko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vellito Alguerdo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Orlando Rivera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Batistuta, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. 89 minutes into the game, Alex Sandóval threw the ball into play from the sideline. NAGANO F.C's Erk Hong quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Carlos Galván made in the 90th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by NAGANO F.C's Ariel Ortega. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Gabriel Batistuta managed to get in a good position for a shot. NAGANO F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Gabriel Batistuta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Orlando Rivera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ariel Ortega kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.