U18 World League

Estadio Hugo Falduto
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Defensores de Mar de Ajó's Zacarias Ignado 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. A hard shot 7 in the game by Zacarias Ignado from a close distance when the talented Egon Pihlwall managed to make a qualified save. SJÖARED's players were relieved. The supporters of SJÖARED booed when Defensores de Mar de Ajó was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonatan Ferran didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14th minute, Julio Peru made a precise shot to the right of Egon Pihlwall. SJÖARED's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Julio Peru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egon Pihlwall having to interfere. After having played for 23 minutes, Mauricio Mel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Defensores de Mar de Ajó's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mauricio Mel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 23 played minutes SJÖARED got a freekick which was hit by Nils-Åke Hellkvist. Egon Pihlwall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zacarias Ignado in the 24th minute of the match. Egon Pihlwall stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mauricio Mel's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. After a rather tough play, Defensores de Mar de Ajó's Jonatan Ferran got a free kick in the 27th minute. Jim Östensson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Omar Bartuelo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 27th minute of play. SJÖARED's Egon Pihlwall proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save SJÖARED from getting a goal against them. After some careless play in the Defensores de Mar de Ajó defense, Sven-Åke Ekberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Omar Bartuelo. The Defensores de Mar de Ajó fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Omar Bartuelo should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in SJÖARED's zone, Mauricio Mel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Egon Pihlwall came out of the goal and Mauricio Mel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Egon Pihlwall made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Jonatan Ferran sent off a good shot on target. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vykan Skott stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Sven-Åke Ekberg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Omar Bartuelo having to make a save. If Julio Peru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Omar Bartuelo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Vykan Skott showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 58 minute of play. In the 64th minute Candido Estavan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egon Pihlwall saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th minute, Jonatan Ferran made a precise shot to the right of Egon Pihlwall. SJÖARED's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. In the 70th minute, Candido Estavan 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. 73 minutes into the match, SJÖARED's goal looked a bit too open when Zacarias Ignado came free, but Egon Pihlwall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Federico Lon kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Omar Bartuelo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karl-Åke Sjögren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mauricio Mel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egon Pihlwall having to interfere. Mauricio Mel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egon Pihlwall having to interfere. Zacarias Ignado's late challenge caught a SJÖARED's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zacarias Ignado helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Defensores de Mar de Ajó getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Zacarias Ignado hit a great ball.