U18 World League

Polaco Goyeneche
Spectators: 7700 (Terracing: 5776, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kristian Biörling started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes of play, ZigZag Athletic's George Engström made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Filiberto Berart was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Furia Calamar getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Uriel Ladio hit a great ball. After having played for 7 minutes, Kristian Biörling managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ZigZag Athletic's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kristian Biörling was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Furia Calamar getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Herminio Semeno hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 24 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Kristian Biörling sped through Furia Calamar's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Filiberto Berart. Tim Byström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Santana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tim Byström was a little too slow when Pedro Santana got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 28th minute. The score was now 1-2. A collision led to Furia Calamar getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Herminio Semeno hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Kristian Biörling put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Filiberto Berart. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Javier Hug during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Javier Hug hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. After 37 played minutes Furia Calamar got a freekick which was hit by Mauricio Sanson.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pedro Santana was the one to do the kick off. Tim Byström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herminio Semeno in the 52nd minute of play. Kalle Modig sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Filiberto Berart showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from George Engström, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Furia Calamar's Mauricio Sanson got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 76th match minute, Furia Calamar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Lluques to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Furia Calamar's Filiberto Berart got control of the ball when Hjalmar Berg tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 80 played minutes Furia Calamar got a freekick which was hit by Uriel Ladio. In the 85th minute, Cristobal Erroman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Filiberto Berart made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Hjalmar Berg sent off a good shot on target. When the match clock showed 94 minutes, the score became 1-5 when Hjalmar Berg sped through Furia Calamar's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Filiberto Berart. The Furia Calamar fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ZigZag Athletic were clearly better and deserved to take the win.