World League

Merengues Aires Puro
Spectators: 7700 (Terracing: 5776, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sebastian Demesio got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquín Lillo in the 8th minute of play forced Academica Pulheim's goalkeeper Paul Heyckendorf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute, Lutz Golke made a precise shot to the right of Sergio Rochet. LA LUZ F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. LA LUZ F.C.'s Sergio Rochet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hinnerk Dietrich in the 13th minute of play. In the 15th minute of the match Dawid Rojek shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Paul Heyckendorf showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lutz Golke in the 19th minute of play forced LA LUZ F.C.'s goalkeeper Sergio Rochet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of LA LUZ F.C. booed when Academica Pulheim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joachim Kretschmer didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Academica Pulheim's Hinnerk Dietrich in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LA LUZ F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Sergio Rochet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hinnerk Dietrich, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Academica Pulheim's Paul Heyckendorf proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Academica Pulheim from getting a goal against them. The attack was good, but when Joaquín Lillo in the 27th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hinnerk Dietrich in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sergio Rochet prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 33rd minute, Hinnerk Dietrich made a precise shot to the right of Sergio Rochet. LA LUZ F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. 35 minutes into the match, Academica Pulheim's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquín Lillo came free, but Paul Heyckendorf reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 37 minutes Academica Pulheim's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dawid Rojek who took care of the corner kick. With a little luck, Academica Pulheim's Paul Heyckendorf got control of the ball when Giannis Patsatzoglou tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nestoras Kabourakoss short, quick shot in the 40thth minute got Paul Heyckendorf to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a rather tough play, LA LUZ F.C.'s Loukas Botinos got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Lutz Golke received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Sergio Rochet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The LA LUZ F.C. players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Academica Pulheim were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hinnerk Dietrich to make the kick off. LA LUZ F.C.'s Sergio Rochet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joachim Kretschmer in the 54th minute of play. Sergio Rochet made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Hinnerk Dietrich sent off a good shot on target. Academica Pulheim's Paul Heyckendorf played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nestoras Kabourakos in the 60th minute of play. After 64 played minutes LA LUZ F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Hernan Grana. Academica Pulheim's Sergio Ramos was substituted for Manuel Tiede. LA LUZ F.C.'s Victor Pietro was substituted for Giannis Patsatzoglou. Sergio Rochet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alex Mansilha's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. The Academica Pulheim fans' excitement grew in the 67th match minute when Academica Pulheim's Alex Mansilha looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Paul Heyckendorf made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dieguito Maradona in the 72nd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dieguito Maradona in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Paul Heyckendorf saved Academica Pulheim from getting behind. Hinnerk Dietrich in the 80thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Sergio Rochet, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With his leg Sergio Rochet managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when Academica Pulheim's Hinnerk Dietrich fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kurt Ahrem got free with Sergio Rochet in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alex Mansilha took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sergio Rochet. Sergio Rochet dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Kurt Ahrem who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 91stth minute tested the skills of Sergio Rochet when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The supporters of LA LUZ F.C. booed when Academica Pulheim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sergio Ramos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Paul Heyckendorf took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jailson Britto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paul Heyckendorf came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by LA LUZ F.C.'s Dieguito Maradona. But to his dismay, Dieguito Maradona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Academica Pulheim's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.