World League

Johan Cruyff
Spectators: 7992 (Terracing: 5995, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 159) In the 3rd minute, Miklós Barabás made a precise shot to the right of Maximo Horquizar. Sporting Buceo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After 9 minutes of play, Sporting Buceo's Isaias Jakue made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alejandro Verdu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alejandro Verdu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yao Yan Sen in the 12th minute of play. In the 20th minute Isaias Jakue shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejandro Verdu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Sporting Buceo's Che Fole got a free kick in the 22nd minute. A collision led to Sporting Buceo getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Yao Yan Sen hit a great ball. 27 minutes into the match, Sporting Buceo's goal looked a bit too open when Miklós Barabás came free, but Maximo Horquizar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maximo Horquizar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miklós Barabás, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. In the 30th minute Jose-Antonio Vazquez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maximo Horquizar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antoni Villarroel's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Maximo Horquizar firmly grabbed it by the left post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gonzalo Boye in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Maximo Horquizar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Isaias Jakue made the kick off in the second half. Alejandro Verdu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isaias Jakue in the 51st minute of the match. Sporting Buceo's Maximo Horquizar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Neal Messer in the 54th minute of play. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA made a substitution. Coronel Virues replaced Marc Vilaplana. Gică Popescu kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, Isaias Jakue had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alejandro Verdu. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isaias Jakue was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 70th match minute, Sporting Buceo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bordat Vidania to maneuver through the defense. Maximo Horquizar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Neal Messer, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. The supporters of F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA booed when Sporting Buceo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastian Muc didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jose-Antonio Vazquez charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jose-Antonio Vazquez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 75 played minutes F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA got a freekick which was hit by Jose-Antonio Vazquez. Alejandro Verdu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Isaias Jakue in the 79th minute. Isaias Jakue came free with the goalkeeper in the 80th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Alejandro Verdu could save by the left post. Maximo Horquizar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neal Messer in the 82nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Neal Messer in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maximo Horquizar saved Sporting Buceo from getting behind. Isaias Jakue's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 86thth minute, Alejandro Verdu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Maximo Horquizar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Coronel Virues went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA made a substitution. Joan Puig replaced Antoni Villarroel. A collision led to Sporting Buceo getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Flavian Bastin hit a great ball. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Sporting Buceo for a fine match.