World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zaaki Zakas kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd match minute, Here Comes the Hammer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zaaki Zakas to maneuver through the defense. Christer Åkesson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darío Graabirk, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Maximiliano Beturian in the 7th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Here Comes the Hammer's Evert Wahlnäs. Las Palmas's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rogelio Crescencio in the 10th minute. A nice corner shot did that 秦西星 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Christer Åkesson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Christer Åkesson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 谢亦寒 in the 12th minute of the match. René Stam was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Valdir Velloso showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 14 minute of play. Christer Åkesson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 谢亦寒, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Here Comes the Hammer's Christer Åkesson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Darío Graabirk in the 25th minute of play. Christer Åkesson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 秦西星, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christer Åkesson came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Las Palmas's Rogelio Crescencio. But to his dismay, Rogelio Crescencio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Christer Åkesson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 秦西星, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After the first half Las Palmas were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joel Foro was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Joel Foro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Christer Åkesson. Here Comes the Hammer's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Foro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Las Palmas's René Stam played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaaki Zakas in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Foro in the 58th minute of play forced Here Comes the Hammer's goalkeeper Christer Åkesson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valdir Velloso hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. After 61 played minutes, Las Palmas's Silverio Quintun shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Christer Åkesson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Las Palmas reached it. After a rather tough play, Here Comes the Hammer's Jan-Ove Hamnberg got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Valdir Velloso recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Christer Åkesson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Darío Graabirk in the 72nd minute. René Stam made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaaki Zakas in the 76th minute of play. Christer Åkesson made an important save on a dangerous shot by 秦西星 in the 79th minute. In the 80th minute 谢亦寒 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christer Åkesson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bengt-Rune Jonasson hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Here Comes the Hammer made a substitution. Fred Petersson replaced Valdir Velloso. Here Comes the Hammer's Gustav Larsfelt was substituted for Kant Spel. Bengt-Rune Jonasson hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Christer Åkesson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Foro in the 90th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Petersson in the 91st minute of play forced Las Palmas's goalkeeper René Stam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fred Petersson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Here Comes the Hammer's Christer Åkesson got control of the ball when Darío Graabirk tried to sneak it across the goal line.