World League

Fuerte Azul
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Per Åström got the match started through his kick off. Loreto Palanques showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Per Åström in the 2nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Per Åström in the 3rd minute of play forced AlmaToran's goalkeeper Loreto Palanques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, AlmaToran's Aztore Aroztegui got a free kick in the 6th minute. If Tim Nordstedt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 15th minute, Arotza Dobarral got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 17 minutes, Hipolito Ponce made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Blomstermåla BK's Karl-Åke Lidström tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnulfo Ongile in the 27th minute of play forced AlmaToran's goalkeeper Loreto Palanques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute Per Åström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loreto Palanques saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Blomstermåla BK's Karl-Åke Lidström got control of the ball when Arotza Dobarral tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 38th minute Chan Mariny shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Åke Lidström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd match minute, AlmaToran was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aztore Aroztegui to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Per Åström in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Loreto Palanques saved AlmaToran from getting behind.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Hipolito Ponce to strike the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play, AlmaToran's Arotza Dobarral made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Karl-Åke Lidström was left in no man's land by his defense there! Loreto Palanques came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by Blomstermåla BK's Arnulfo Ongile. But to his dismay, Arnulfo Ongile quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. In the last second Loreto Palanques throw himself and got hold of the ball when Tim Nordstedt in the 58thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. In the 60th minute of the match, Arnulfo Ongile got a very nice opportunity to score, but Loreto Palanques was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Karl-Åke Lidström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hipolito Ponce's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. Loreto Palanques made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Pär Skoglund sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Per Åström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Loreto Palanques was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. In the 71st minute Blomstermåla BK were awarded a corner. Daniel Primo went to the cornerflag to take it. The supporters of AlmaToran booed when Blomstermåla BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carl Nordlander didn't get a good kick on the ball. Genaro Quesada scored 4-1 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Karl-Åke Lidström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Arnulfo Ongile could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Loreto Palanques made a huge save. The Blomstermåla BK fans' excitement grew in the 83rd match minute when Blomstermåla BK's Per Åström looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The referee felt a red card was in order, 90 minutes into the game, when Zé Domingues put in a rough tackle. In the 95th minute Hipolito Ponce shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Åke Lidström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. AlmaToran's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.