U21 World League

Syd Barret
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) 2 minutes into the game, Silas Kromose cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Damaso Rivas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Damaso Rivas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andreas Schjelderup in the 9th minute of the match. In the 10th minute Dimitar Berbatov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damaso Rivas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damaso Rivas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Silas Kromose went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 22nd minute, Benjamin Nygren ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Damaso Rivas was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. After 25 minutes of play, FC Nordsjælland's Silas Kromose made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Damaso Rivas was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 28th minute, Benjamin Nygren made a precise shot to the right of Damaso Rivas. Pink Floyd's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. After having played for 31 minutes, Silas Kromose managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Nordsjælland's supporters crossed their fingers, but Silas Kromose was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Damaso Rivas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitar Berbatov in the 32nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 34th minute of play forced Pink Floyd's goalkeeper Damaso Rivas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristobal Lizer kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Damaso Rivas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jørgen Otteskov in the 37th minute of the match. Damaso Rivas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andreas Schjelderup, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damaso Rivas came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Nordsjælland's Dimitar Berbatov. But to his dismay, Dimitar Berbatov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. 44 minutes into the game, FC Nordsjælland's Dimitar Berbatov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Damaso Rivas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-8 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 52nd minute, FC Nordsjælland's Dimitar Berbatov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Damaso Rivas. Damaso Rivas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-9. Silas Kromose fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Damaso Rivas having to interfere. Damaso Rivas came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Nordsjælland's Bertel Holsgaard. But to his dismay, Bertel Holsgaard quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10. Damaso Rivas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Silas Kromose in the 61st minute. Dimitar Berbatov took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Damaso Rivas. Damaso Rivas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-11. 68 minutes into the game, Dimitar Berbatov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Damaso Rivas. Dimitar Berbatov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-12. Silas Kromose took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Damaso Rivas. Damaso Rivas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-13. From close distance Dimitar Berbatov pressed in the 0-14 goal high up into nets stiches in the right cross 75 minutes into the game. After some careless play in the Pink Floyd defense, Bertel Holsgaard kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Damaso Rivas. The Pink Floyd fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Damaso Rivas should have stopped the shot. Pink Floyd's defense didn't have a chance, in the 95th minute, when Bertel Holsgaard scored to the left of an out of position Damaso Rivas, making the score, 0-19. FC Nordsjælland's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.