World League

Antonio María Claret
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jan-Olof Eliasson took the kick off in the first half of the match. Birila Graña took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Clemente Anaya, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Claretiano FC's Birila Graña played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clemente Anaya in the 8th minute of play. After 10 minutes of play, La Gallardeta's Clemente Anaya made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Birila Graña was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 16th minute of the match La Gallardeta got a corner. Claretiano FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Vintilă Guriță ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maurinho Mendonça in the 17th minute of play forced La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Belchior Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clemente Anaya in the 23rd minute of play forced Claretiano FC's goalkeeper Birila Graña to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Birila Graña made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clemente Anaya in the 25th minute of play. After 27 minutes Claretiano FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Vintilă Guriță who took care of the corner kick. In the 28th minute Jan-Olof Eliasson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Birila Graña saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La Gallardeta's Belchior Saldanha proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save La Gallardeta from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Maurinho Mendonça in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Belchior Saldanha prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Birila Graña made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan-Olof Eliasson in the 33rd minute of play. Birila Graña made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan-Olof Eliasson in the 38th minute of play. Belchior Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurinho Mendonça in the 45th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 50th minute, Bragan McPhil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maurinho Mendonça received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Belchior Saldanha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Belchior Saldanha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurinho Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. La Gallardeta's Belchior Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maurinho Mendonça in the 58th minute of play. A collision led to La Gallardeta getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Jan-Olof Eliasson hit a great ball. Belchior Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norino Tostado in the 62nd minute of the match. Claretiano FC's Birila Graña played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Argi Jimenez in the 67th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Claretiano FC's goal looked a bit too open when Clemente Anaya came free, but Birila Graña reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Belchior Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurinho Mendonça in the 73rd minute of the match. 76 minutes into the match, Maurinho Mendonça notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of La Gallardeta's Belchior Saldanha. Belchior Saldanha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. La Gallardeta's Wilfred Vrede was substituted for Jan-Olof Eliasson. La Gallardeta's Belchior Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maurinho Mendonça in the 81st minute of play. A collision led to Claretiano FC getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Dalmu Torre hit a great ball. After 86 played minutes, La Gallardeta's Vintilă Guriță shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Birila Graña 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 La Gallardeta reached it. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Claretiano FC's goalkeeper Birila Graña, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The throw-in from Oliveiro Laso in the 91st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by La Gallardeta's Vintilă Guriță. Birila Graña made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wilfred Vrede in the 92nd minute. La Gallardeta were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.