World League

BANAT ARENA
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Miguel Ángel Benito got the match started through his kick off. Cascadia United's Wang Di Yi got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 3rd minute Wang Di Yi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilio Miconi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 5 minutes BANAT VIOLA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rene Pueblo who took care of the corner kick. Abel Neron made a great header on Cascadia United's corner, it was just that BANAT VIOLA's Emilio Miconi managed to reach the ball for a save. If Miguel Ángel Benito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Emilio Miconi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Ángel Benito in the 10th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the match, Miguel Ángel Benito had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emilio Miconi. BANAT VIOLA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Miguel Ángel Benito was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 25 minutes into the match, BANAT VIOLA's goal looked a bit too open when Wang Di Yi came free, but Emilio Miconi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Miguel Ángel Benito took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emilio Miconi. Emilio Miconi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Miguel Ángel Benito blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Emilio Miconi having to make a save. Emilio Miconi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Ángel Benito in the 35th minute of play. Miguel Ángel Benito scored 0-3 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emilio Miconi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Miguel Ángel Benito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 43 minutes into the match, BANAT VIOLA's goal looked a bit too open when Miguel Ángel Benito came free, but Emilio Miconi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emilio Miconi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Ángel Benito in the 45th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Emilio Miconi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Miguel Ángel Benito in the 55th minute. In the 57th match minute, BANAT VIOLA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ion Mitrea to maneuver through the defense. Emilio Miconi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Ángel Benito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. BANAT VIOLA's Emilio Miconi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Ángel Benito in the 60th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in BANAT VIOLA's zone, Wang Di Yi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emilio Miconi came out of the goal and Wang Di Yi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. BANAT VIOLA made a substitution. Mihai Tatulici replaced Remus Vasiliu. BANAT VIOLA's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Miguel Ángel Benito 68 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-4. 71 minutes into the game, Ion Mitrea threw the ball into play from the sideline. Cascadia United's Baltasar Piorno quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Emilio Miconi was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Miguel Ángel Benito showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 72 minute of play. Miguel Ángel Benito received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Emilio Miconi came out and tried to block the shot, but Miguel Ángel Benito slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 78th minute. After a rather tough play, Cascadia United's Miguel Ángel Benito got a free kick in the 81st minute. Miguel Ángel Benito could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Emilio Miconi made a huge save. With his leg Emilio Miconi managed to avoid a goal in the 84thth minute, when Cascadia United's Miguel Ángel Benito fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After having played for 92 minutes, Constantino Neto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cascadia United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Constantino Neto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.