U18 World League

Bombonera
Spectators: 7658 (Terracing: 5745, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) Manchester United FC's Rami Tallqvist 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. Luis Santos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Saul Väänänen having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Samuel Dagora made a precise shot to the right of Saul Väänänen. Manchester United FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After some careless play in the Boca Juniors defense, Rami Tallqvist kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eneas Toxeiro. The Boca Juniors fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eneas Toxeiro should have stopped the shot. If Moncho Muelas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 19 minutes into the match, Boca Juniors's goal looked a bit too open when Tuomas Hurme came free, but Eneas Toxeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Samuel Dagora in the 25th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Saul Väänänen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Manchester United FC's Saul Väänänen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Manchester United FC from getting a goal against them. Moncho Muelas in the 33rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Saul Väänänen, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 35th match minute, Boca Juniors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Beila Barroso to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esa Salo in the 36th minute of play forced Boca Juniors's goalkeeper Eneas Toxeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Samuel Dagora to strike the kick off in the second half. Saul Väänänen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Santos, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tuomas Hurme in the 53rd minute of play forced Boca Juniors's goalkeeper Eneas Toxeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samuel Dagora hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Jalmari Bärlund kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Manchester United FC defense, Samuel Dagora kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Saul Väänänen. The Manchester United FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Saul Väänänen should have stopped the shot. Saul Väänänen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Moncho Muelas went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Samuel Dagora took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Saul Väänänen. Saul Väänänen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. With 73 minutes on the clock, Beila Barroso commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. When the match had been going on for 75 minutes, Manchester United FC's Joonas Sainomaa got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Eneas Toxeiro. After a rather tough play, Boca Juniors's Luis Santos got a free kick in the 77th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tuomas Hurme in the 80th minute of play forced Boca Juniors's goalkeeper Eneas Toxeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Moncho Muelas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Saul Väänänen was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. A collision led to Boca Juniors getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Pablo-Enrique Alonso hit a great ball. Boca Juniors walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.