U21 World League

HEDONISM ARENA
Spectators: 7570 (Terracing: 5679, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) HEDONISM U18's August Ryberg 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. After 4 played minutes HEDONISM U18 got a freekick which was hit by Frank Utfal. In the 5th minute, Angelo Indar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Margarita fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Higinio Urti took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mikael Rudqvist. Mikael Rudqvist dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 14th minute, Costel Calini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Margarita's Jaime Iratzeder got a free kick in the 15th minute. August Ryberg kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Iratzeder in the 22nd minute of play forced HEDONISM U18's goalkeeper Mikael Rudqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 24 minutes HEDONISM U18's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Paulino Lizardi who took care of the corner kick. Costel Calini thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Mikael Rudqvist, a very annoying self made goal in the 24th minute which led to 0-3. In the 29th minute, Teofilo Lain hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 36 minutes into the game, Rune Bagge recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Flavio Garaona. Rune Bagge showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, August Ryberg took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Flavio Garaona to make any attempt to save it. After 43 played minutes Margarita got a freekick which was hit by Omar Montes. The supporters of HEDONISM U18 booed when Margarita was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ruperto Bento didn't get a good kick on the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Higinio Urti to make the kick off. Costel Calini charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Costel Calini the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience was convinced that Higinio Urti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mikael Rudqvist was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. In the 63rd minute Higinio Urti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikael Rudqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute Jaime Iratzeder shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikael Rudqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. HEDONISM U18's Mikael Rudqvist proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save HEDONISM U18 from getting a goal against them. Angelo Indar came free with the goalkeeper in the 83rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Mikael Rudqvist could save by the left post. The crowd rose to their feet as Jaime Iratzeder kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mikael Rudqvist. That made the score 2-4 in the 86 minute of play. Flavio Garaona showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fredrik Ahlbom in the 95th minute of the match. The HEDONISM U18 supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Margarita's performance. The match ended with a win for Margarita.