World League

Noisiel
Spectators: 8065 (Terracing: 6050, Seating: 1855, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Harold Combettes got the match started through his kick off. Karlheinz Ludecke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horácio Garcia, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Emanuel Podgoreanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harold Combettes in the 5th minute of play. Horácio Garcia might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Karlheinz Ludecke. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Horácio Garcia ran back to his position shaking his head. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Taci Ulusoy managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Tommy Corral in the 16 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cyprian Trochowski in the 21st minute of play forced Noisiel's goalkeeper Karlheinz Ludecke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd match minute, Noisiel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tommy Corral to maneuver through the defense. In the 39th minute Horácio Garcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karlheinz Ludecke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute, Tommy Corral hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 45th minute, one of Noisiel:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Noisiel. The Noisiel players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Horácio Garcia to strike the kick off in the second half. Noisiel's Karlheinz Ludecke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yves Ayral in the 52nd minute of play. After 53 minutes Noisiel's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gustavo Tartalo who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Cyprian Trochowski heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Rosendo Gervaso was substituted for Cyprian Trochowski. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos made a substitution. Eliseo Abechuco replaced Yves Ayral. Noisiel's Christopher Loaëc was substituted for Qi Lang Han. Noisiel's Mustapha Debray was substituted for Yaser Jadue. Harold Combettes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Emanuel Podgoreanu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Blas Guzman got free with Karlheinz Ludecke in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eliseo Abechuco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Karlheinz Ludecke made a huge save. Karlheinz Ludecke made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eliseo Abechuco in the 89th minute. Blas Guzman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karlheinz Ludecke having to interfere. In the 93rd minute, Blas Guzman got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Mustapha Debray had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 96th minute, Mustapha Debray made a precise shot to the right of Emanuel Podgoreanu. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.