U23 World League

3H Arena
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Chad Pro made the kick off which started today's match. 2 minutes into the match, Hawelka Himalayan High's goal looked a bit too open when Everardo Johans came free, but Fredrik Bäckström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 4th minute, Ivar Ahlgren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 6 played minutes Atlético Nacional got a freekick which was hit by Nemesio Damario. Fredrik Bäckström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vicente Sasoin in the 13th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vicente Sasoin in the 21st minute of play forced Hawelka Himalayan High's goalkeeper Fredrik Bäckström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Vicente Sasoin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fredrik Bäckström was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Fredrik Bäckström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Everardo Johans in the 26th minute of the match. In the 28th minute Vicente Sasoin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fredrik Bäckström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celestino Rudolfo in the 30th minute of play forced Hawelka Himalayan High's goalkeeper Fredrik Bäckström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 32 played minutes Atlético Nacional got a freekick which was hit by Serafin Theodore. In the 37th minute Serafin Theodore shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fredrik Bäckström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fredrik Bäckström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vicente Sasoin, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Vicente Sasoin scored 0-1 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fredrik Bäckström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fredrik Bäckström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Everardo Johans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Hawelka Himalayan High players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Atlético Nacional were winning 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vicente Sasoin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fredrik Bäckström was out of position in the 56 minute of play, and Serafin Theodore capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Serafin Theodore really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. Hawelka Himalayan High's Fredrik Bäckström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Hawelka Himalayan High from getting a goal against them. In the 67th minute, Krister Säf hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vicente Sasoin in the 74thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Fredrik Bäckström, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a rather tough play, Atlético Nacional's Tadeo Barea got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 82nd minute, Serafin Theodore 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. In the 83rdth minute of the game Wilfredo Berriotxoa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hawelka Himalayan High's Fredrik Bäckström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 85th minute, Adrian Bagge ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Baltasar Guillerme was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. When the match was over Atlético Nacional could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Hawelka Himalayan High throughout the match.