U18 World League

Estadio Mega Celeste
Spectators: 8011 (Terracing: 6010, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) When Wyoming Cowboys's Leo Pihlwall in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's goalie prevented a goal. After 13 minutes of play, Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's Monge Cuero made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Simon Lenberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! 16 minutes into the match, Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's goal looked a bit too open when Alexander Åhman came free, but Espinola Loranca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leo Pihlwall sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Espinola Loranca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leo Pihlwall, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. With his leg Simon Lenberg managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's Monge Cuero fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Espinola Loranca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexander Åhman in the 31st minute of the match. Espinola Loranca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexander Åhman in the 38th minute of play. Leo Pihlwall took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 46th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Espinola Loranca. Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexander Åhman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Espinola Loranca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexander Åhman in the 54th minute of the match. Espinola Loranca made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roland Martinsson in the 57th minute. Alexander Åhman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Espinola Loranca read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Clementsson in the 63rd minute of play forced Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's goalkeeper Espinola Loranca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Algot Öberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Espinola Loranca. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Algot Öberg ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 74th match minute, Wyoming Cowboys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lars Clementsson to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Wyoming Cowboys's Tom Bäckström got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 77th minute Monge Cuero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simon Lenberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Espinola Loranca stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leo Pihlwall's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. 84 minutes into the match, Monge Cuero had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Simon Lenberg. Wyoming Cowboys's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monge Cuero was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Alexander Åhman's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 94thth minute, Espinola Loranca skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.