U23 World League

Scaniae
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ingmar Landin got the match started through his kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christian Lekubegi in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Khodadad Khan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 9th minute, Victor Chus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joaquin Ikatz's late challenge caught a Terra Scaniae's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joaquin Ikatz helped the player get up and apologised. Joaquin Ikatz kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Unidad de Matanza's Amadeo Walme got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 1-1 became the score in the 22nd minute when Christian Lekubegi elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Leonard Stenberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Terra Scaniae's supporters rose to their feet, but Leonard Stenberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cornelio Pueblo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Khodadad Khan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benigno Loren in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th match minute, Unidad de Matanza was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcelo Pello to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Unidad de Matanza getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Marcelo Pello hit a great ball. Christian Lekubegi's late challenge caught a Terra Scaniae's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Christian Lekubegi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Terra Scaniae booed when Unidad de Matanza was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christian Lekubegi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Adolfo Reyes kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Cornelio Pueblo made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Leonard Stenberg sent off a good shot on target. The Unidad de Matanza fans' excitement grew in the 43rd match minute when Unidad de Matanza's Christian Lekubegi looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Christian Lekubegi was the one to do the kick off. Benigno Loren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 53rd minute Benigno Loren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khodadad Khan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Eleuterio Tipi in the 58th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Terra Scaniae's Andreas Granberg. Algot Dalkvist charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Algot Dalkvist the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ingmar Landin charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ingmar Landin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 66 minutes into the match Christian Lekubegi climbed in front of goal and pressed up 1-4 in the right cross behind a totally surprised Khodadad Khan. In the 70th minute, Adolfo Reyes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. With a little luck, Terra Scaniae's Khodadad Khan got control of the ball when Adolfo Reyes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Benigno Loren received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Khodadad Khan came out and tried to block the shot, but Benigno Loren slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 75th minute. 79 minutes into the match, Delmar Berenguer dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Khodadad Khan, 1-6. Andreas Granberg's late challenge caught a Unidad de Matanza's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andreas Granberg helped the player get up and apologised. Andreas Granberg hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute, Christian Lekubegi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Delmar Berenguer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khodadad Khan having to interfere. 96 minutes into the match, Terra Scaniae's goal looked a bit too open when Delmar Berenguer came free, but Khodadad Khan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Unidad de Matanza played a much better game than Terra Scaniae and deserved their victory. The Terra Scaniae players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.