World League

Jens Erik Kock
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcelo Gallardo made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 minutes of play, Adrogue FC's Juan Pablo Angel made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelino Umbruso was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marcelino Umbruso came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Adrogue FC's Ismael Abalos. But to his dismay, Ismael Abalos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 12 minutes into the match, Juan Pablo Angel notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Zaeta Roja's Marcelino Umbruso. Marcelino Umbruso was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bernardino Ponce kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Marcelino Umbruso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 高文乐 in the 16th minute of the match. Marcelino Umbruso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcelo Gallardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22nd minute Fidel Aznaro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelino Umbruso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rd minute, Marcelo Gallardo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcelino Umbruso was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Marcelino Umbruso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ismael Abalos, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Zaeta Roja's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelo Gallardo came free, but Marcelino Umbruso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that 高文乐's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcelino Umbruso was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Zaeta Roja's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nestor Chucho was slow to take the kick. During this time Adrogue FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Adrogue FC's corner Nestor Chucho fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marcelino Umbruso quite easily take care of the ball. After 36 minutes of play, Adrogue FC's Cristobal Avellaneda made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelino Umbruso was left in no man's land by his defense there! 39 minutes into the game, Juan Pablo Angel cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Marcelino Umbruso was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 44th minute, Fidel Aznaro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Adrogue FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-8 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ramon Etxeberri to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Juan Pablo Angel got free with Marcelino Umbruso in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ismael Abalos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcelino Umbruso having to interfere. In the 58th minute of the match, 高文乐 tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marcelino Umbruso saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 60 minutes into the match, Zaeta Roja's goalkeeper Marcelino Umbruso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ismael Abalos. After 61 minutes of play, Adrogue FC's 高文乐 made it 0-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelino Umbruso was left in no man's land by his defense there! 高文乐 received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marcelino Umbruso came out and tried to block the shot, but 高文乐 slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 64th minute. Marcelino Umbruso was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Marcelo Gallardo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-11 in the 67 minute of play. With his leg Marcelino Umbruso managed to avoid a goal in the 72ndth minute, when Adrogue FC's Juan Pablo Angel fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 74 minutes Zaeta Roja's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nestor Chucho who took care of the corner kick. Antonio Senen thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Marcelino Umbruso, a very annoying self made goal in the 74th minute which led to 0-12. In the 77th minute of the match, Ramiro Funes Mori got a very nice opportunity to score, but Marcelino Umbruso was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 78 played minutes Zaeta Roja got a freekick which was hit by Saverio Llin. With a little luck, Zaeta Roja's Marcelino Umbruso got control of the ball when Juan Pablo Angel tried to sneak it across the goal line. 79 minutes into the game, Marcelo Gallardo lined in a short shot 0-13 behind a frustrated Marcelino Umbruso. 85 minutes into the game, Adrogue FC's Marcelo Gallardo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcelino Umbruso made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-14. Adrogue FC's Laureano Vergaray was substituted for Marcelo Gallardo. Marcelino Umbruso didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Laureano Vergaray went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-15 was the resulting score. Marcelino Umbruso was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ismael Abalos showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-16 in the 93 minute of play. Adrogue FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.