U23 World League

Taba Opera Stadium
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) 5 minutes into the match, Lirarnas Lag's Jonathan Petersson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nemesio De la Sotta narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 7th minute, Jeronimo Villacosta left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tabalongo AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After 10 minutes, Gustav Stenquist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lirarnas Lag and the Tabalongo AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 17 minutes into the match, Jonathan Petersson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nemesio De la Sotta. Tabalongo AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jonathan Petersson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeronimo Villacosta in the 21st minute of play forced Lirarnas Lag's goalkeeper Rune Grep to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute Christer Wästerberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nemesio De la Sotta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Petersson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Nemesio De la Sotta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th minute, Jonathan Petersson made a precise shot to the right of Nemesio De la Sotta. Tabalongo AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. After a rather tough play, Tabalongo AFC's Joel Pomar got a free kick in the 35th minute. Jonathan Petersson blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nemesio De la Sotta having to make a save. 44 minutes into the match, Lirarnas Lag's Jonathan Petersson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nemesio De la Sotta narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 46 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tabalongo AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alessio Cinalli was slow to take the kick. During this time Lirarnas Lag's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Tabalongo AFC's goalie and right to Jonathan Petersson. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Tabalongo AFC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Nemesio De la Sotta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Petersson in the 54th minute of play. Henrico Farias hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 61st minute, Elpidio Feliu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tabalongo AFC's Isaac Felip got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rune Grep took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeronimo Villacosta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pang Hai Yue during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Lirarnas Lag's Pang Hai Yue got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Isaac Felip scored 2-2 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rune Grep, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rune Grep showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Pomar in the 80th minute of the match. Jonathan Petersson charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonathan Petersson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 82nd minute, Jonathan Petersson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 83rd minute Joel Pomar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Grep saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 88th minute Joel Pomar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Grep saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 90 played minutes Lirarnas Lag got a freekick which was hit by Harald Axelsson. Tabalongo AFC were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Lirarnas Lag to leave the ground with a draw.