U21 World League

T i t t a r e l l i
Spectators: 7660 (Terracing: 5747, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Santo Caitano got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chris Godø in the 3rd minute of play forced Lε COCO SρσяtiV's goalkeeper Rigoberto Urtsua to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 4 minutes of play, NTA19's Rune Tronstad made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rigoberto Urtsua was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jan-Frode Aarseth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santo Caitano in the 7th minute of play. Jacobo Berriotxoa came free with the goalkeeper in the 9th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Jan-Frode Aarseth could save by the left post. After a rather tough play, Lε COCO SρσяtiV's Marcial Ignado got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 12th minute, Rune Tronstad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 13 minutes in the game Isaias Bernad did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Rune Grøndalen. Santo Caitano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jan-Frode Aarseth having to interfere. Rigoberto Urtsua didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rune Tronstad went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Rigoberto Hermon hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Lε COCO SρσяtiV's Jacobo Berriotxoa got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 40 minutes into the match, Lε COCO SρσяtiV's goal looked a bit too open when Rune Grøndalen came free, but Rigoberto Urtsua reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rigoberto Urtsua showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rune Grøndalen, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rune Tronstad to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santo Caitano in the 52nd minute of play forced NTA19's goalkeeper Jan-Frode Aarseth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rune Tronstad got free with Rigoberto Urtsua in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Isaias Bernad's late challenge caught a Lε COCO SρσяtiV's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Isaias Bernad helped the player get up and apologised. Lε COCO SρσяtiV's Leon Gau quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Isaias Bernad, made in the 59th minute of the game. In the 63rd match minute, NTA19 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brede Woll to maneuver through the defense. NTA19's Jan-Frode Aarseth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santo Caitano in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Rune Tronstad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jan-Frode Aarseth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santo Caitano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Lε COCO SρσяtiV getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Rigoberto Hermon hit a great ball. Jacobo Berriotxoa scored 1-3 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jan-Frode Aarseth, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rigoberto Hermon hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute Santo Caitano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan-Frode Aarseth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jacobo Berriotxoa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Jan-Frode Aarseth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 87 played minutes NTA19 got a freekick which was hit by Brede Woll. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacobo Berriotxoa in the 90th minute of play forced NTA19's goalkeeper Jan-Frode Aarseth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rigoberto Urtsua made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rune Tronstad in the 92nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as NTA19's Rune Tronstad slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rigoberto Urtsua. That made the score 1-4 after 92 minutes of play. The supporters of NTA19 booed when Lε COCO SρσяtiV was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcial Ignado didn't get a good kick on the ball. NTA19's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.