U18 World League

Estadio Efrén-Ipurúa
Spectators: 7828 (Terracing: 5872, Seating: 1800, VIP seats: 156) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jörn Hermansson kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Strömsbro IF's goal looked a bit too open when Elpidio Efren came free, but Per-Olof Walroth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernt Löfskog fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Justino Abadia having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Chinto in the 9th minute of play forced Strömsbro IF's goalkeeper Per-Olof Walroth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Per-Olof Walroth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Cai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nils-Åke Telin hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. When Eibar 09-12-18's Donato Chinto in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Strömsbro IF's goalie prevented a goal. 32 minutes into the match, Strömsbro IF's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Cai came free, but Per-Olof Walroth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Jörn Hermansson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Justino Abadia was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. In the 42nd match minute, Strömsbro IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan-Erik Ingemarsson to maneuver through the defense. 43 minutes into the match, Strömsbro IF's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Cai came free, but Per-Olof Walroth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nils-Åke Telin's late challenge caught a Eibar 09-12-18's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nils-Åke Telin helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Strömsbro IF's Nils-Åke Telin got a free kick in the 47th minute. In the 48th minute of the match Robustiano Lordi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Per-Olof Walroth showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Christian Cai to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Christian Cai 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. After 61 minutes, Jörn Hermansson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Strömsbro IF and the Eibar 09-12-18 players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jörn Hermansson hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. 62 minutes into the match, Strömsbro IF's goal looked a bit too open when Evaristo Loi came free, but Per-Olof Walroth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Felix Ekrot fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Strömsbro IF's protests and gave Felix Ekrot a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Strömsbro IF's Felix Ekrot got a free kick in the 67th minute. Per-Olof Walroth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Cai in the 69th minute of the match. A collision led to Strömsbro IF getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Felix Ekrot hit a great ball. After 70 played minutes, Eibar 09-12-18's Robustiano Lordi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Per-Olof Walroth 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 Eibar 09-12-18 reached it. In the 75th minute, Strömsbro IF's Ivan Billberg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Justino Abadia. Justino Abadia yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Christian Cai in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Per-Olof Walroth saved Strömsbro IF from getting behind. 83 minutes had been played when some careless play by Strömsbro IF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Robustiano Lordi was slow to take the kick. During this time Eibar 09-12-18's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Eibar 09-12-18's corner Robustiano Lordi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Per-Olof Walroth quite easily take care of the ball. The Strömsbro IF fans' excitement grew in the 86th match minute when Strömsbro IF's Ivan Billberg looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Strömsbro IF's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.