World League

Stadion Ardappen
Spectators: 7776 (Terracing: 5833, Seating: 1788, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mateo Palacio started the match with the kick off. Napoleon Jajko came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪'s Iván Luis Zamorano. But to his dismay, Iván Luis Zamorano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Manfred Hönisch kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Zenon Roman 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. Valentin Ospetsu made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Zenon Roman sent off a good shot on target. Valentin Ospetsu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mateo Palacio in the 18th minute of the match. Valentin Ospetsu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mateo Palacio in the 20th minute of play. Valentin Ospetsu came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Zjem Cię's Mateo Palacio. But to his dismay, Mateo Palacio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 26th minute of the game Miroslaw Cichowski made a throw-in which Mateo Palacio played forward. In the 27th minute Zenon Roman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Ospetsu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cassiano Novais sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valentin Ospetsu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zenon Roman in the 30th minute. Cassiano Novais's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Napoleon Jajko read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateo Palacio in the 34th minute of play forced ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪'s goalkeeper Valentin Ospetsu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zjem Cię's Czeslaw Pawlak quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Elazar Talamilla, made in the 35th minute of the game. Thodoris Tikellis hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Iván Luis Zamorano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valentin Ospetsu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mateo Palacio in the 41st minute of the match. Mateo Palacio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valentin Ospetsu having to interfere. ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪'s Edilberto Aballay got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Iván Luis Zamorano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mateo Palacio in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Valentin Ospetsu saved ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪ from getting behind. Cassiano Novais's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Napoleon Jajko read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪'s Ofelio Galván was substituted for Iván Luis Zamorano. ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪ made a substitution. Bruno Marco replaced Cassiano Novais. In the 63rd minute, Mateo Palacio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zjem Cię's Napoleon Jajko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samuel Abel in the 64th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Zjem Cię's goal looked a bit too open when Samuel Abel came free, but Napoleon Jajko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Zjem Cię's Napoleon Jajko got control of the ball when Ofelio Galván tried to sneak it across the goal line. Valentin Ospetsu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zenon Roman in the 72nd minute of play. Napoleon Jajko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuel Abel, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mateo Palacio in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Valentin Ospetsu saved ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪ from getting behind. Mateo Palacio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 79 minutes into the match, ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪'s goal looked a bit too open when Mateo Palacio came free, but Valentin Ospetsu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zjem Cię's Napoleon Jajko proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Zjem Cię from getting a goal against them. Napoleon Jajko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ofelio Galván in the 85th minute of the match. After 86 minutes of play, ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪'s Samuel Abel made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Napoleon Jajko was left in no man's land by his defense there! 89 minutes into the match, Zjem Cię's goal looked a bit too open when Ofelio Galván came free, but Napoleon Jajko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪ were awarded a corner in the 91th minute after Zjem Cię's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Romeo Santa María took the corner. Romeo Santa María made a great header on ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪'s corner, it was just that Zjem Cię's Napoleon Jajko managed to reach the ball for a save. The ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪ supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ✪ ✪ Barrio Norte FC ✪ ✪ would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.