U18 World League

HEDONISM ARENA
Spectators: 7732 (Terracing: 5800, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) Knight Of Dawn's Fausto Gonchan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Nunez Tonio charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nunez Tonio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 2nd minute, Nunez Tonio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 9 minutes into the match, Knight Of Dawn's goal looked a bit too open when Rune Bagge came free, but Emiliano Guillelmus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute, Fausto Gonchan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelino Boni in the 20th minute of play forced HEDONISM U18's goalkeeper Mikael Rudqvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute Delmiro Constancio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikael Rudqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Knight Of Dawn's Blas Tabor was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Mikael Rudqvist in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Mikael Rudqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fausto Gonchan in the 29th minute of play. After a rather tough play, HEDONISM U18's Karl-Åke Lang got a free kick in the 29th minute. Marcelino Boni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mikael Rudqvist having to interfere. Delmiro Constancio scored 0-1 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mikael Rudqvist, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Emiliano Guillelmus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Utfal in the 37th minute of play. After 38 played minutes HEDONISM U18 got a freekick which was hit by Stig Hansson. Mikael Rudqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fausto Gonchan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ingmar Haström received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Emiliano Guillelmus came out and tried to block the shot, but Ingmar Haström slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 42nd minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Emiliano Guillelmus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ingmar Haström in the 51st minute of play. After a rather tough play, HEDONISM U18's Stig Hansson got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Mikael Rudqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fausto Gonchan in the 53rd minute of the match. Sigvard Bagge kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Fausto Gonchan took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Mikael Rudqvist to make any attempt to save it. Fausto Gonchan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Mikael Rudqvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 78 minutes of play, Knight Of Dawn's Delmiro Constancio made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mikael Rudqvist was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mikael Rudqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Gonchan, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. HEDONISM U18's Mikael Rudqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto Gonchan in the 89th minute of play. The supporters of Knight Of Dawn booed when HEDONISM U18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Karl-Åke Lang didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 93rd minute Frank Utfal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emiliano Guillelmus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 95 played minutes Knight Of Dawn got a freekick which was hit by Bonifacio Vachon. The HEDONISM U18 manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Knight Of Dawn to win.