World League

Estadio Bermejo
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Costin Duca got the match started through his kick off. Fan Xing Zhou took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nestor Firmin. Nestor Firmin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Torcuato Herrero in the 9th minute of play forced TalleresUnited's goalkeeper Nestor Firmin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nestor Firmin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fan Xing Zhou, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. In the 15th minute Jesus Egun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cipriano Firmin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cipriano Firmin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jesus Egun in the 15th minute of the match. A collision led to Salmuera CP getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Wes Higgins hit a great ball. Jesus Egun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nestor Firmin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Torcuato Herrero in the 24th minute of the match. Nestor Firmin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costin Duca in the 27th minute of play. Cipriano Firmin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jesus Egun, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Cipriano Firmin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jesus Egun's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. The supporters of TalleresUnited booed when Salmuera CP was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angel Hori didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jesus Casado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nestor Firmin made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Torcuato Herrero sent off a good shot on target. If Jesus Casado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 59th minute Jesus Casado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cipriano Firmin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute Jesus Casado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cipriano Firmin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, Salmuera CP's goal looked a bit too open when Jesus Casado came free, but Cipriano Firmin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cipriano Firmin came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by TalleresUnited's Jesus Casado. But to his dismay, Jesus Casado quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Salmuera CP's goalkeeper Cipriano Firmin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Jesus Casado sped through Salmuera CP's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cipriano Firmin. Fan Xing Zhou took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nestor Firmin. Nestor Firmin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. TalleresUnited's Eustaquio Chago was substituted for Ivan Jacindo. John Fredriksson might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cipriano Firmin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. John Fredriksson ran back to his position shaking his head. Cipriano Firmin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eustaquio Chago, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Salmuera CP's Cipriano Firmin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eustaquio Chago in the 88th minute of play. Cipriano Firmin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jesus Casado in the 92nd minute of play.