World League

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nino Schurter got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Nino Schurter made a precise shot to the right of Zacarias Ascencio. Celta de Virgos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. The audience was convinced that Nino Schurter's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zacarias Ascencio was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Williams Imholz got a throw-in 8 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Alain Berset. Roman Beljean made in the 15th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Alain Berset. Benny Niva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabian Honauer having to interfere. Rogelio Montez had several of the Celta de Virgos's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 24 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Zacarias Ascencio as he didn't even see the shot coming. Espen Steelers's Fabian Honauer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruben Gomez in the 29th minute of play. Alain Berset fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zacarias Ascencio having to interfere. Fabian Honauer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benny Niva in the 38th minute of play. Fabian Honauer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benny Niva in the 44th minute of the match. A collision led to Espen Steelers getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Alberto Giacometti hit a great ball. Fabian Honauer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benny Niva in the 48th minute of the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Alain Berset received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Zacarias Ascencio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zacarias Ascencio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nino Schurter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zacarias Ascencio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alain Berset in the 61st minute of the match. Celta de Virgos's David Astudillo was substituted for Benny Niva. Espen Steelers's Stan Wawrinka was substituted for Nino Schurter. Espen Steelers made a substitution. Federico Abud replaced Torben Krabber. Rogelio Montez's late challenge caught a Celta de Virgos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rogelio Montez helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Celta de Virgos booed when Espen Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rogelio Montez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zacarias Ascencio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stan Wawrinka's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. 79 minutes into the match, Espen Steelers's Alain Berset sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zacarias Ascencio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 83rd minute of the match, David Astudillo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Fabian Honauer was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Celta de Virgos's Zacarias Ascencio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alain Berset in the 85th minute of play. Celta de Virgos's Leonardo Cordero quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Williams Imholz, made in the 88th minute of the game. David Astudillo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Fabian Honauer made a huge save. 94 minutes into the game, Roman Beljean threw the ball into play from the sideline. Celta de Virgos's Leonardo Cordero quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The supporters of Celta de Virgos booed when Espen Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roman Beljean didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when David Astudillo got free with Fabian Honauer in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Espen Steelers's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.