U18 World League

Gigante de Arroyito
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Roger Vik kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the game, Ralles Bollklubb's Christian Ekström nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mateo Pietro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Sonny Nilsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mateo Pietro was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roger Vik in the 13th minute of play forced Rosario Central's goalkeeper Mateo Pietro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henrik Dalström made in the 17th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Arne Skog immediately put the ball in play. In the 20th minute, Alvin Linberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mateo Pietro was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Mateo Pietro came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Ralles Bollklubb's Alvin Linberg. But to his dismay, Alvin Linberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Erubiel Tohias recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvin Linberg in the 42nd minute of play forced Rosario Central's goalkeeper Mateo Pietro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Nestor Diegotxe fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rosario Central's protests and gave Nestor Diegotxe a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Rosario Central's Nestor Diegotxe got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Florencio Chayo hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Erubiel Tohias to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Rosario Central's Arnulfo Abaurre got a free kick in the 58th minute. Alvin Linberg was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 59th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 64 minutes into the match, Rosario Central's goal looked a bit too open when Arne Skog came free, but Mateo Pietro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gaudencio Rico sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sonny Nilsson hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. In the 72nd minute of the match Nestor Diegotxe shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lars Colin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christian Ekström got free with Mateo Pietro in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Erubiel Tohias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mateo Pietro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvin Linberg in the 89th minute of play. Mateo Pietro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roger Vik in the 91st minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Arne Skog 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 94th match minute, Ralles Bollklubb was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sivert Örtlund to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Christian Ekström kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mateo Pietro. That made the score 0-4 in the 97 minute of play.