U18 World League

Liberty Stadium
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Rönnöfors FF's Andréas Albom started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With 4 minutes on the clock, Ponce Mudarra commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Santos Laine received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Oskar Vennerberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oskar Vennerberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santos Laine, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. FC Philotimo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gustavo Lloret in the 14th minute. Andréas Albom charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Andréas Albom the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 15th match minute, Rönnöfors FF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andréas Albom to maneuver through the defense. Oskar Vennerberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Lloret, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gavica Enderica came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Rönnöfors FF's Andréas Albom. But to his dismay, Andréas Albom quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After 25 minutes, Bo-Erik Kvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rönnöfors FF and the FC Philotimo players grew even worse after the yellow card. Bo-Erik Kvist kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. FC Philotimo's Gavica Enderica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stig Stålman in the 27th minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, FC Philotimo's goal looked a bit too open when Fredric Finnman came free, but Gavica Enderica reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute Stig Stålman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gavica Enderica saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rönnöfors FF's Frank Högström couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 45th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for FC Philotimo. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gustavo Lloret was the one to do the kick off. Oskar Vennerberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo Lloret in the 52nd minute of play. In the 54th match minute, Rönnöfors FF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by André Ahlén to maneuver through the defense. Santos Laine fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oskar Vennerberg having to interfere. André Ahlén's late challenge caught a FC Philotimo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. André Ahlén helped the player get up and apologised. André Ahlén hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Mario Giner managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Philotimo's supporters rose to their feet, but Mario Giner was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oskar Vennerberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Oskar Vennerberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo Lloret in the 70th minute of play. The supporters of FC Philotimo booed when Rönnöfors FF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stig Stålman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Oskar Vennerberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Lloret, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute, Teofilo Goicoolea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 82 minutes into the match, FC Philotimo's goalkeeper Gavica Enderica had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fredric Finnman. Andréas Albom received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gavica Enderica came out and tried to block the shot, but Andréas Albom slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 84th minute. 89 minutes into the game, Rönnöfors FF's Zebastian Sjöberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gavica Enderica made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. In the 93rd minute, Fredric Finnman made a precise shot to the right of Gavica Enderica. FC Philotimo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Gavica Enderica took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andréas Albom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match was over Rönnöfors FF could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC Philotimo throughout the match.