World League

Guldsmedshyttan
Spectators: 7779 (Terracing: 5835, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) Deportivo Mukenio's Aziz Akarsu suffered a sore thigh after 3 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 3 minutes into the game, Torbjörn Henriksson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Guldsmedshyttan IK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Deportivo Mukenio the free kick. After 5 played minutes Guldsmedshyttan IK got a freekick which was hit by Torbjörn Henriksson. 5 minutes into the match, Guldsmedshyttan IK's goal looked a bit too open when Mario Hever came free, but Magne Ahlberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernardo Arnas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Magne Ahlberg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. A collision led to Guldsmedshyttan IK getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Stig-Åke Axelsson hit a great ball. 15 minutes into the match, Bernardo Arnas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Magne Ahlberg. Guldsmedshyttan IK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernardo Arnas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Magne Ahlberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardo Arnas in the 18th minute of play. Mario Hever made in the 19th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Guldsmedshyttan IK's Evert Pettersson. Ismael Gimenez made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Zebastian Lindman sent off a good shot on target. Magne Ahlberg came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by Deportivo Mukenio's Mircea Buciuceanu. But to his dismay, Mircea Buciuceanu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. A collision led to Deportivo Mukenio getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Mario Hever hit a great ball. Deportivo Mukenio's Jairo Aurre quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Stig-Åke Axelsson, made in the 33rd minute of the game. In the 35th match minute, Guldsmedshyttan IK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kassa Ko to maneuver through the defense. Magne Ahlberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardo Arnas in the 38th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Guldsmedshyttan IK's Ismael Gimenez threw himself towards the right post 39 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Aleksander Käller, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 44th minute Bernardo Arnas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Magne Ahlberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bernardo Arnas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the game, Mario Hever threw the ball into play from the sideline. Guldsmedshyttan IK's Evert Pettersson quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. With a little luck, Guldsmedshyttan IK's Magne Ahlberg got control of the ball when Bernardo Arnas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ismael Gimenez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zebastian Lindman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zebastian Lindman in the 69th minute of play forced Deportivo Mukenio's goalkeeper Ismael Gimenez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes into the game, Guldsmedshyttan IK's Zebastian Lindman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ismael Gimenez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Guldsmedshyttan IK made a substitution. Måns Hägglund replaced Zebastian Lindman. Mario Hever got a throw-in 78 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Bernardo Arnas. The throw-in from Mario Hever in the 84th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Guldsmedshyttan IK's Evert Pettersson. In the 85th minute, Mircea Buciuceanu 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bernardo Arnas got free with Magne Ahlberg in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 91 minutes into the game, Måns Hägglund cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Ismael Gimenez was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Guldsmedshyttan IK fans cheered their team off the field, for while Deportivo Mukenio had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.