U18 World League

Hammer Stadion
Spectators: 7686 (Terracing: 5765, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Norberto Beliran got the match started through his kick off. Romulo Ekain was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Viggo Larsfält showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. When Gabriel Arvidsson fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mountainhammer United's protests and gave Gabriel Arvidsson a yellow card for diving instead. 12 minutes into the game, Mountainhammer United's Victor Hellkvist nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Romulo Ekain made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. After 16 minutes, Prudencio Luken mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AcinetobacterFC and the Mountainhammer United players grew even worse after the yellow card. Romulo Ekain made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Hellkvist in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th minute Victor Hellkvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romulo Ekain saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Folke Berg in the 20thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Romulo Ekain, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. AcinetobacterFC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Victor Hellkvist 21 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 3-0. In the 26thth minute of the game Norberto Beliran who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mountainhammer United's Göran Gustafsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. AcinetobacterFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alejo Loiola in the 27th minute. Alejo Loiola made a great header on AcinetobacterFC's corner, it was just that Mountainhammer United's Göran Gustafsson managed to reach the ball for a save. Prudencio Luken sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alvin Hedström received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Romulo Ekain came out and tried to block the shot, but Alvin Hedström slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 35th minute. Prudencio Luken got his second yellow card in the match during the 46th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Prudencio Luken hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Victor Hellkvist to strike the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cecilio Leheren during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 52 played minutes AcinetobacterFC got a freekick which was hit by Cecilio Leheren. Victor Hellkvist took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Romulo Ekain. Romulo Ekain dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. After a defensive mix-up in AcinetobacterFC's zone, Victor Hellkvist stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Romulo Ekain came out of the goal and Victor Hellkvist tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Romulo Ekain took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvin Hedström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Folke Berg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Romulo Ekain having to interfere. In the 67th minute, Nereo Jurdan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Romulo Ekain made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victor Hellkvist in the 76th minute of play. When Norberto Beliran fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AcinetobacterFC's protests and gave Norberto Beliran a yellow card for diving instead. In the 77th minute of the match Viggo Larsfält sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Romulo Ekain skillfully saved the ball. Romulo Ekain took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Hellkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 82 minutes, Alejo Loiola mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AcinetobacterFC and the Mountainhammer United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 82nd minute, Alejo Loiola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute, Nereo Jurdan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 86 played minutes, Mountainhammer United's Viggo Larsfält shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Romulo Ekain came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Mountainhammer United reached it. When Norberto Beliran came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the AcinetobacterFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Norberto Beliran couldn't finish the play. When the referee ended the match the Mountainhammer United players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.