U18 World League

Víctor Ugarte
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Jonas Rönn charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonas Rönn the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 3rd minute, Jonas Rönn hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stig Bjurström's late challenge caught a Nacional Potosí's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stig Bjurström helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Dalens Darlings's Jonas Lind got a free kick in the 8th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Nacional Potosí's goal looked a bit too open when Rasmus Nässén came free, but Zeledon Abechuco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Xayveon Aballe during the 12th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 12th match minute, Nacional Potosí was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xayveon Aballe to maneuver through the defense. After 15 minutes of play, Dalens Darlings's Alfons Jonsson made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zeledon Abechuco was left in no man's land by his defense there! Licerio Abad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Einar Kaxe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dalens Darlings's Einar Kaxe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Dalens Darlings from getting a goal against them. Alfons Jonsson's late challenge caught a Nacional Potosí's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfons Jonsson helped the player get up and apologised. After 25 played minutes Nacional Potosí got a freekick which was hit by Hugo Salazar. Licerio Abad blasted a shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Einar Kaxe having to make a save. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, Rasmus Nässén put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Zeledon Abechuco. Einar Kaxe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Quirze Abello in the 41st minute of play. Einar Kaxe made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Ángel Ortiz sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Casimiro Abendano got free with Einar Kaxe in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rasmus Nässén made a kick off. Einar Kaxe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Quirze Abello in the 52nd minute of play. A collision led to Dalens Darlings getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Dan Magnusson hit a great ball. Rasmus Nässén might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zeledon Abechuco. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rasmus Nässén ran back to his position shaking his head. 61 minutes into the match, Dalens Darlings's goal looked a bit too open when Ángel Ortiz came free, but Einar Kaxe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rasmus Nässén hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. When Ángel Ortiz came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Nacional Potosí fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ángel Ortiz couldn't finish the play. Nacional Potosí's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Jonas Rönn 66 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-3. The supporters of Nacional Potosí booed when Dalens Darlings was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wiktor Berggren didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Dalens Darlings's Rasmus Nässén slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zeledon Abechuco. That made the score 0-4 after 76 minutes of play. After 79 minutes, Rasmus Nässén mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dalens Darlings and the Nacional Potosí players grew even worse after the yellow card. Dalens Darlings's Rasmus Nässén got his second yellow card of the match in the 81st minute. The referee ordered Rasmus Nässén off the ground. A collision led to Dalens Darlings getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Rasmus Nässén hit a great ball. 85 minutes into the match, Dalens Darlings's goal looked a bit too open when Ángel Ortiz came free, but Einar Kaxe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Einar Kaxe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ángel Ortiz went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Dalens Darlings walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.